Re: [MBZ] synthetics in the trans and aft....

2006-05-15 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On 5/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have some first-person hands-on experience. Not in an MB but in my Porsche. I switched from Swepco to M1 75W90 in the transmission (I prefer not to use the Pontiac invented term, transaxle) and the improvement in shifting ease was subst

Re: [MBZ] synthetics in the trans and aft....

2006-05-15 Thread Zoltan Finks
I assume you're talking about an automatic trans. I have found that the manual trans. in my 83 240D (I realize that I only know about my particular case) is fantastic - very smooth, quick and painless - and the clutch is so forgiving, I consider it half-way between a manual and and automatic - alm

Re: [MBZ] synthetics in the trans and aft....

2006-05-15 Thread RELNGSON
<> I have some first-person hands-on experience. Not in an MB but in my Porsche. I switched from Swepco to M1 75W90 in the transmission (I prefer not to use the Pontiac invented term, transaxle) and the improvement in shifting ease was substantial. The trans uses Borg-Warner synchros, BTW. W