Fuggin gear oil

blacksheep10 · Sep 5, 2007

Holy ****, for the oil for my new tranny the dealership (only place you can get it) wants $22 a quart

Any other place on the internet is making out as well. crazy ****. Best I have found is 13 a quart, but shipping takes up the gain. I gots miles on the case asking his buddies at McCarthy to get some at cost +10%. Hopefully he comes through. if not, its $95 and change to get my tranny going. BULLSHIT!

Warpig · Sep 5, 2007

that chits getting high. Whats so special about this oil?

I was picking up some gear oil for the pig last nite and noticed synthetics gone up to $10 a quart for the stuff i was paying 6 something for awhile back.

blacksheep10 · Sep 5, 2007

the nv4500 was put out by new venture for dodge and gm. they had a deal with castrol to spec an oil for them that didn't burn up the kevlar/fiber lined syncros. gl-5 lube burns them up, and gl-4 is fairly uncommon. it is a 75w-85 synthetic gl-4 rated. only amsoil makes a suitable substitute. I don't know any amsoil dealers and I need the ****. Just called dodge. If I have an account its $16ish/quart, if I don't (I don't) its $20 a quart. they have 4 quarts.
Castrols deal with chev/DC was that they wouldn't sell it in small quantities to anyone but gm/dc. well, you can buy 16 gallon for just over $350 ($6ish/qt) or pay $20 at the dealer. 16 gal is the smallest quantity a consumer can buy.
again, BULLSHIT. but that's why we're capitalist.

Bones · Sep 5, 2007

Yellow pages for Amsoil. There are several in the KC area and most have a good stock in house or can get it pretty fast. My old hookup finally retired a few years back, but he was up north anyway.

Go_Vols · Sep 5, 2007

I thought the NV4500 was a "service free" tranny.... guess that's only true until you drain it. Is this a transplant?

blacksheep10 · Sep 5, 2007

this one is $1350 of brand new tranny because my other "service free" one kind of quit putting in work somewhere an hour south of the house with a gooseneck on

Bones said:
Yellow pages for Amsoil. There are several in the KC area and most have a good stock in house or can get it pretty fast. My old hookup finally retired a few years back, but he was up north anyway.

Thought about it, but miles HOOKED ME UP!

He got it for $15 a quart (still ouch, but not $22) and it was $85 for 5 quarts with tax and some thrown in to make it worth his buddy's while.

onesikpupp · Sep 6, 2007

Im workin at an american lube fast right now and onr of my new guys droped the trans fluid out of one of those new cvt transmissions in a nissan. took 5 qts of their fluid at 31 bucka a qt..... mother ****er. i paid it out of pocket to keep it out of the bosses hands.. but thats frickin rediculous. :-[ :-[