Check this out corrosion after 4 days

[Alex Mckenzie]

Already stripped cleaned soaked, cleaned, although the some of the surfaces are etched / rough, I can only assume no,good will come from this, I'll take the parts to a gearbox reconditioner and see what they say

[wai]

Fair enough. The thing about a secondhand unit is that it is also a bit of a chance on its condition as well.

[brad]

Were all the parts coated in oil or similar before assebling the gearbox? Or was it all squeaky clean dry?

[sports racer]

Do you know how hard it is to kill a gearbox?

So you've got a poofteenth of surface corrosion on some of the gears, so what.

Clean off the red crap, put on new sealer - about 1/10th of what you did before, put it back together and fill with oil to the recommended level. Make sure you TURN OVER THE GEARS a couple of times so they get coated in oil. Just spin the input shaft by hand to turn the gears. If you're really keen do it in 1st through to 5th and reverse.

Should be good to store in your garage for several years if you do this and occasionally turn it over.

You should see some of the things I've done to a gearbox and still been able to use it.

Cheers

Paul

[Alex Mckenzie]

I admit it was a dry assembly, I only coated the bearings, she is almost back together, just need to get a few hours to play.
this time everything is coated in oil..
a question on oil.. it recommended to use GL4 but when I look at oil manufacturer sites many advise GL5 is recommended. I read on one forum that the GL5 would eat away at the syncros, id this true or a wives tail ?