hard shifting 833

As I mentioned in a previous post I orignally put Mobil 1 synthetic gear lube in my A833OD and the syncros didn't like it at all. I went back to the FSM recomended ATF which has been in the tranny for about 40k miles. It has worked well and not given me any problems.

Last weekend I decided to try one of the manual tranny fluids that are available and swapped in Penzoil SyncroMesh fluid. It made a big improvement in the shift quality. Very light feel without any notchiness and smooth as butter. You would think it was a tranny out of a new car.