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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Motor oil in the transmission?
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:38:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:38:33 1984
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> > Huh?  I thought you were only supposed to put transmission fluid in
> > transmissions.  Is motor oil (the non-slippery stuff) REALLY OK for
> > transmissions?
> 
> You must be talking about ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid).  As
> those of us who have worked on manual-trans cars know, REAL
> transmissions use oil.

Gee, the manual transaxles in my '82 Mercury LN7 and '84 Dodge Daytona
both take ATF.  Guess they don't qualify as "REAL" transmissions :-)

Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug