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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Hey guys was wondering if you knew what kind of transmission fluid to put in my 87 irocz camaro 305 5.0 standard transmission? Just got it and I wanna change the fluid 130xxx original miles.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

u use gear oil if im not mistaken. 80w90 if im not mistaken as well lol
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Every T5 I've seen has had ATF in it, including the earlier NWC design. I have ATF in mine.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Sweet man thanks I'm gonna look into that. I aprreciate the help.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:31 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Isn't lb9 refering to the type of transmission I have?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Atf is for automatics? Mines a stick shift.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Originally Posted by IBrockZ
Isn't lb9 refering to the type of transmission I have?
No, LB9 is the GM RPO code for the 305 TPI motor. I recommend you read the sticky threads and do some searches. Welcome to the forum.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:40 PM
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Hmm. Ya pretty new here thanks man. I will definately look into those.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Originally Posted by IBrockZ
Atf is for automatics? Mines a stick shift.
My 85 shop manual calls for ATF for my T-5. The T-5 sticky at the top of the page will provide insight and/or confusion to the whole "what fluid does my T-5 use."

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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

So my 87 305 too Irocz has a T5 transmission for sure? as long as its the original.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Tpi* not too
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Also how can I tell if its world class or non-world class?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=world%20class%2...identification

Third link.

And use ATF, that's what your transmission was designed for.

PS: Learn to use the search feature... Almost every question you could ever ask, has already been asked and been answered before.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Cool man thanks so much! Ya I will definately use the search feature. I appreciate your guys patience. I'm not a gear head my dad is teaching me... Again thanks everyone. I'll try not to post dumb stuff and search before I post Haha.
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 02:55 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

So my dad and I drained the transmission and he said it smelled like gear oil. Said he'd be able to recognize when we drained it. I told him that I had read that that it would shift smoother with atf so that's what were going with.
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

Valvoline dexron is what we got.
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 12:40 AM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

considering ATF is mentioned in this thread lol... My dipstick says to use dex II but the computerat work says to use dex VI. What should I use? D:
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 12:42 AM
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Re: 87 irocz transmission fluid help.

I used VI seems to be holding up fine.
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