Originally posted by akrump47:
This thread has gone from most worthwhile to most inconclusive evar! All I would like to know is what fluid to run that will prevent my 3rd gear syncros from destroying themselves a 3RD time in the future!

P.S. - warmonger, I'll PM you if I still decide to get rid of my MTL.



I was noticing in the past few weeks that the ocassionaly grinding into 3rd and the slightly sloppy 3rd gear shift has completely disappeard gradually since putting in Ford Honey with XL3.

This is hardly scientific, but an observation of my car only. I have about 40,000 miles on the fluid now, and it was still acting up a litte at 30,000 miles. I have some ATF+4 that I intended to use when this fluid hits 60,000 miles, but now I'm thinking I'll probably return to Ford Honey, but next time I'll use XL7 (it wasn't available when I last changed fluid).

The car has 210,000 miles with the original clutch and the trans has never been out of the car.

Jim Johnson 98 SVT 03 Escape Limited