shinyribs wrote
The cheapest oil you can get that will jive with your clutch is Rotella. Just the plain old Rotella from walmart for $12.99 / gallon. There are other oils that are better for extended hot weather applications and what not,but standard Rotella will do just fine. Since cold weather is coming 15-40 would be the best ( IMO ) weight to use,and I run 20w-50 in hot weather.
Shiny. These are not American made machines built with tolerances that can be measured with a yardstick!
10W-40 is all the viscosity they need. In cold weather, you can switch to 10W-30 if, you want. Also I use Texaco Havoline in all my vehicles. They do not run dirty enough to need all the detergent Shell Rotella has.
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I was basing that on the fact that my owners manual called for straight 30 detergent oil. Since that is impossible to find nowadays ( I think DB Cooper may still have some) I was iprovising with the 20W. I know my 76 shifts much better ( and runs more oil pressure) using the 20w-50 than it did when I ran 10-40.