# Where do I get manual transmission fluid? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [January 23, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196 "2005-01-23T14:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/1 "2005-01-23T14:11:45Z")
Went to CT but was told they don’t carry it. Best just to get it from a dealer. I’m looking to get 80w90 MTF. I want to get Redline but I guess I can settle for anything equivalent. Before I hit up the dealer(s) tomorrow, any other alternatives I have? ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/2 "2005-01-23T14:30:24Z")
napa will have castrol maybe some other brands. ---
**Author:** ![\_RSTuning.ca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_rstuning.ca/32/6098_2.png) [@\_RSTuning.ca](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_RSTuning.ca)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/3 "2005-01-23T21:03:06Z")
just use gear oil its the same shit. ---
**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/4 "2005-01-23T21:04:38Z")
im rocking wal mart castrol synthitic gear oil there is no such thing as manual transmission fluid manual trannys use oil not fluid you just buy gear oil from canadain tire or wal mart ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/5 "2005-01-23T21:32:00Z")
Right on. I wasn’t fully aware of what to get, so I figured if there is ATF, then there must be MTF. I have never done a change so I don’t know. The last person to do it for me was Jantos and that was over a year ago and I forget what he used but I know he did use a mixture of gear oil + Lucas oil stabalizer. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![AnDrEw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/6 "2005-01-23T21:35:09Z")
> [@Gonad](#): > > Right on. I wasn’t fully aware of what to get, so I figured if there is ATF, > then there must be MTF. I have never done a change so I don’t know. > > The last person to do it for me was Jantos and that was over a year ago > and I forget what he used but I know he did use a mixture of gear oil + > Lucas oil stabalizer. > > Thanks, Gonad CT has a synthic Castrol gear oil of 75w80 IIRC and they have gear oil of 80w90. Either is fine, both come in 1L bottle. You need 2.4L of gear oil for tranny. Grab yourself 2 bottles of oil and a bottle of lucas if you want to use it. 2L of gear oil and .4L of Lucas. Thats what I ussually use. Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/7 "2005-01-24T11:32:04Z")
i know a place that has royal purple tranny fluid, i have it in my car. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/8 "2005-01-24T12:36:32Z")
> [@Racer 180sX](#): > > i know a place that has royal purple tranny fluid, i have it in my car. And?.. ---
**Author:** ![AnDrEw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/9 "2005-01-24T12:43:08Z")
> [@Gonad](#): > > [quote=Racer 180sX]i know a place that has royal purple tranny fluid, i have it in my car. And?..[/quote] Seriously just buy some oil, its not rocket science. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/10 "2005-01-24T14:29:19Z")
> [@AnDrEw](#): > > [quote=Gonad][quote=Racer 180sX]i know a place that has royal purple tranny fluid, i have it in my car. And?..[/quote] Seriously just buy some oil, its not rocket science.[/quote] I was just curious as to where he got it. ---
**Author:** ![spilner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@spilner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spilner)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/11 "2005-01-24T14:32:56Z")
> [@Gonad](#): > > [quote=AnDrEw][quote=Gonad][quote=Racer 180sX]i know a place that has royal purple tranny fluid, i have it in my car. And?..[/quote] Seriously just buy some oil, its not rocket science.[/quote] I was just curious as to where he got it.[/quote] PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS where i work sells royal purple gear oil. proven to increase horsepower, its no myth. ---
**Author:** ![dip](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dip/32/5479_2.png) [@dip](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dip)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/12 "2005-01-24T14:46:47Z")
you can get it anywhere hell even home hard ware has amsoil 75w90 gear oil red line royal purple amsoil all the real synthetics and performance shop will have the good stuff ---
**Author:** ![Twitchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@Twitchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twitchy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/13 "2005-01-30T02:13:26Z")
am I insane or did i read somewhere that you arent supposed to use synthetic oil in a transmission? ---
**Author:** ![AnDrEw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/14 "2005-01-30T06:59:58Z")
> [@Twitchy](#): > > am I insane or did i read somewhere that you arent supposed to use synthetic oil in a transmission? Why can’t you use synthetic oil? I have never heard this. Please elaborate. Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/15 "2005-01-30T08:23:58Z")
I just bought 2 bottles (950ml each) of Castrol GTX 80w90 @ $5.99 from Wal-mart (Thanks Scott - Canadian Tire doesn’t sell anything other then their own brand of Motomaster gear oil), and one bottle of Lucas Oil Stabalizer (950ml) @ $12.99. Synthetic Castrol is $12.99 each I believe and Synthetic Lucas is $19.99. ---
**Author:** ![AnDrEw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/16 "2005-01-30T08:37:46Z")
> [@Gonad](#): > > I just bought 2 bottles (950ml each) of Castrol GTX 80w90 @ $5.99 from > Wal-mart (Thanks Scott - Canadian Tire doesn’t sell anything other then > their own brand of Motomaster gear oil), and one bottle of Lucas Oil Stabalizer (950ml) @ $12.99. > > Synthetic Castrol is $12.99 each I believe and Synthetic Lucas is $19.99. Synthetic Lucas??? Castrol is 12.99 a bottle, you must be shitting me. I never payed that for Castrol and I use it all the time in the tranny. Man I’ll just get Motul from now on for that price. Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/17 "2005-01-30T09:05:22Z")
> [@AnDrEw](#): > > Synthetic Lucas??? > > Castrol is 12.99 a bottle, you must be shitting me. I never payed that for Castrol and I use it all the time in the tranny. Man I’ll just get Motul from now on for that price. > > Andrew. I shit you not. But yea, this was at Wal-mart and they usually have a decent price compared to CT. But CT didn’t have any gear oil besides their own, and yes, I saw a bottle of Synthetic Lucas Oil Stabalizer yesterday at CT. ---
**Author:** ![Theo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Theo23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Theo23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/18 "2005-01-30T10:29:03Z")
I just got some RedLine 75W90 shipped in for 10.00 a bottle. If you want some let me know, it is what I will be using in the tranny and the diff. ---
**Author:** ![rich\_creamery\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rich\_creamery\_butter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rich_creamery_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/19 "2005-01-30T11:17:05Z")
WOW. WERE??? ---
**Author:** ![sidewaze](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sidewaze/32/5497_2.png) [@sidewaze](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewaze)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196/20 "2005-01-30T11:33:51Z")
Hey G one thing with the Lucas. Remember it’s thick and the tranny takes a while to really warm up and get up to optimum temp in the cold so ONLY at most a 1/4 of the bottle. Mark and I were gona put it in our engine’s but I almost forgot how it can kinda turn in to a sludge in our extreme cold days and takes a while to losen up. So were gona wait till the spring to use it. To be honest, I would’nt even bother putting it in. The syenthetic tranny oil is fine on it’s own. Save it till spring and put it in your engine or if your going SR, do it then but I’ve heard you should’nt use additives with turbo motors as it can clog the oil lines. Don’t quote me on that though but I did hear from a buddy of mine who had pretty fast turbo Ford Probe and he does know his shit. Anyway just making you aware of these things. Of course it’s up to you. Take care man. Easy 8) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-get-manual-transmission-fluid/83196.md?page=2)