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Old 07-07-2003, 12:14 AM
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Yea it sounds like there was quite excessive gear backlash there. Neither of my 300Ds appeared to have ever had the fluid changed. I drove the 84 a few thousand miles with mobil 1 in it, then changed it to redline 75w90. I think the mobil 1 cleaned it out nicely just from the color of the oil and previous posts about it.

Yea I believe the gears are all a breed of steel.

I've been thinking about getting the next size bigger sidewall for my rear tires, kind of like changing the car's gear ratio. Have you seen any (corrected) gains of fuel mileage?
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