GEAR OIL SAMPLE TAKEN
This past Saturday night I put the car on jackstands and drained a few cc's of the transmission fluid into the oil sampling bottle. I wrote up the specifics about the car and trans and mailed it to the lab in Bakersfield, CA earlier today. I should get an email from the lab in a couple of days after their analysis is complete. It should tell me what particulate matter is found in the fluid, percentage of concentration, what gears/synchro material they find. With 3000 miles on the car this would be a great indicator as to what is happening internally with this transmission. It will give me a bit more leverage with the dealer if I can go to them with facts. They can take a look at the car's data box and see it hasn't been hammered on. I will post up the results as soon as they are known. I am driving the car to CamFest so it will get some long distance miles on it for the first time.
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