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Topic: steering box lube?
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thedave66
Gearhead Posts: 244
From: mountain home, idaho
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 02-22-2002 05:19 PM
   
okay, i'm getting my steering box rebuilt and the guy who is doing it told me that it takes a special type of grease, and that axle grease won't cut it. Do any of you know what kind of lube this is and where I can get it? Thanks.dave
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 33988
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-22-2002 05:41 PM
Standard gear oil.Dave, check your mailbox, please. ------------------
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bifs66
Gearhead Posts: 169
From: Maryland
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 02-22-2002 07:56 PM
According to some references, the original grease has been superceeded with Ford grease # XG1-C. I recently purchased a tube of this at my local Ford dealer and used in the 66 Fastback's box.------------------
Bernie Frank
66 Fastback restomod project
85 GT (preserved)
82 GT (original)
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19751
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-22-2002 10:06 PM
85-140w gear oil works just fine. MM has it's original gear box and it has been changed twice. Works like new.  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
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thedave66
Gearhead Posts: 244
From: mountain home, idaho
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 02-22-2002 11:00 PM
I was told you can't use regular gear oil, it'll all leak out the bottom. I bought a box off of a junked stang that'd been sitting in a field for a few years and it was dry so I filed it with 85/90 I think it was, and it's dripping out the bottom. Perhaps a worn seal? Anyways the other one needed new bearingsa and I got a new oil seal too, so maybe that'd seal it. My cars been sitting for a week and a half now  it's quite the bummer.dave
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19751
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-23-2002 03:54 PM
Make sure that you use 85-140w (very common)and replace the seal. The seal is what is leaking. Good luck and enjoy. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator/ non 65-66 Mustang owner sensitivity co-ordinator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00, '01, & '02
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28
Part time secret agent license #0089
US Class Nationals link
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thedave66
Gearhead Posts: 244
From: mountain home, idaho
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 02-23-2002 07:26 PM
thanks, i'll give it a try. Appreciate the help.dave
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