'86 B2000 Manual Transmission.. what model?

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12-31-2003, 01:07 PM

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'86 B2000 Manual Transmission.. what model?

I'm asking this for a person who needs to know.

It's an '86 B2000, and he needs to know if it takes ATF or Gear oil. I don't want him to end up with the wrong stuff.. since gear oil in a tranny that is supposed to take ATF is bad bad news.

Can anyone help out?

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12-31-2003, 07:52 PM

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I don't have a service manual for that truck. You could drain out what's in there. Thick oil= gear lube. Thin oil= ATF.

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01-01-2004, 04:42 PM

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I posted this info for someone else but it should help you:

The Mitsubishi and early Mazda TK5 transmissions use 80wgt transmission oil. Later model Mazda transmissions use Mercon/dexron.
The Mitsubishi transmission has a formed sheet metal bottom cover that is bolted to the aluminum case. The early Mazda TK5 has a ribbed cast aluminum bottom cover bolted to the case. The later Mazda transmissions have a round bottomed cast aluminum case (no bottom cover).

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