are there any substitutes for honda mtf? everywhere ive been theyve been sld out, and its lookin like its gonna be gear oil before its over with...

 

you can use
torco mtf or rtf
amsoil mtf

 

10w30 motor oil.

DO NOT use synthetic motor oil

DO NOT use gear oil

 

GM synchroshift synthetic . helps hondas with worn synchros shift much better

 

Just used Torco RTF in place of Honda MTF-3, was suggested by many people.

 

I'm using Amsoil MTF for my trans swap

 

this.

pennzoil synchromesh works very well too, and even better it's available at any autozone, napa, etc.

but i must stress to you, like spadam said:

DO NOT use synthetic motor oil

DO NOT use gear oil

 

well, i almost used gear oil. glad i got back on before i did anything. so 10w-30 regular motor oil is good to use then?

 

also my transmisiion will not fill through where the speedo cable goes in at. am i filling it throught the right spot or??

 

torco RTF for high horsepower, its very expensive for a stock application.

 

Yes. Unless we're talking newer Hondas, that is what your owners manual recommends. I'm guessing from your next post that its an EF?

There is a plug on the passenger side, above the drain plug and toward the rear slightly.

 

no, you're essentially filling the vss with oil. remove the cable, then the vss (which is potentially a bad idea since it's likely siezed to the trans case), then fill.

this is how it's supposed to go.

but be aware, if the car is not level (ie, jacked up from the front) the trans will not hold anywhere near what it's capacity should be. otherwise, just fill till it starts to run back out the hole.

 

10w-30 is approved by honda as a "temporary fill"

 

You can't go wrong with Torco

 

Thanks for ths feedback and I appreciate the help too. Im gonna finish it up today and post later to let talk know I didn't mess it up haha

 

10w30 as cheap as you can get it or synthetic if you wanna blow some bills.

A customer of mine claims 6+ seasons on his 92-93 Teg tranny after LSD/FD install using only Mobil 1 10w30.

 

mobil1 10w-30 if you like whining gears

 

You are misinformed.

He has several national championships to prove it.

 

Approved as NORMAL fill for 88-95 trannys. Once Honda made the switch to metal caged bearings their MTF was ok to use. Sadly you can no longer get the original Honda MTF, the latest fluid is pisswater thin.

 

I'm glad you said that. I thought it seemed different. When did they change it?

 

i didnt say it wasnt possible. just speaking from experience..

 

You should post less and be quiet when grown folks talkin