iv noticed that my t10 is kinda tough to shift until the operating temp. rises? once it warms up it shifts real nice. this is my first manual linkage tranny so i dont know if this is normal? also... any sugestions on gear oil?

 

thats interesting. I wonder if the oil someone put in the tranny is the wrong type or just too thick. I have never experienced that with any manual i have owned.

 

its got 80 90w.i belive thats what it calls for? its not super tough to shift, it just feels like it eases up at temp?

 

I have 80W90 in mine. It is somewhat "thicker" when it's cold, ie close to freezing, but I don't really drive it much in that weather anyway so...
Like pushing a wooden spoon through cookie dough almost.
If it bothers you, you can look for an oil that is thinner when cold. 60W90, if such a thing exists?

 

The T-10 is a relatively stiff-shifting transmission, regardless. Especially compared to a Muncie or a T-5. After driving any of my T-10 cars, I'd get back into a Muncie one, and it would feel like I could just fling the shifter into the next gear without even holding onto it, by comparison.

However: what we used to use instead of gear lube, back before synthetics, was half-&-half STP and ATF. That slickened em up quite a bit. That was A LONG TIME AGO, though, like 30 years ago and more; wouldn't be my first choice nowadays.

Before trying that, try some Mobil1 75W-90 or some of the thinner variety RedLine (not the 85W-140 stuff).

 

im gonna look into thinner synthetics?

 

Amsoil makes 75W-90 synthetic as well.
Apparently they make really good products. There's even a few Amsoil reps lurking on these very boards, quiet as a mouse. Maybe you can beat some information out of them

Let me know if it makes a difference, if so I might try it.

 

Five7kid is one of them I beleive.

 

how do you guys feel about royal purple or mobil 1? and would a 4 speed from a 82 camaro with a 4 cyl hold up behind my tpi 305? i can get a complete 82 for 400.

 

Those are both good.

Yea, I know Five7 is one of them. I'm hoping I can taunt him into coming in here and trying to hawk his products. Maybe give us the skinny on it.

A 4 speed from an '82 car with a 4cyl is a Saginaw. Light years behind your T-10 tranny. You look up turd in the dictionary and there's a blowup diagram of a Saginaw 4 speed from a 1982 Camaro Iron duke car. Right there. That's what I think of that transmission.