Thanks dallas

civdiv, I've used the Redline stuff before-it was for my skyline, the synchro had gone on 3rd, which is common and so the guys on the GTR forum swore by Redline's 'shockproof' gear. I chucked that in the box, no more issues, ever. I'm not saying its the magic bullet, but for me so far its been 2 out of 2, a 100% success rate If you decide to use it, I hope it works out well for you too.

upallnight, its a ZF trans.

dkl, I used the Redline gear, because a. my previous experience, and b. because I found a thread long ago from a guy saying he'd either had his valve body re-con'd, or a new one fitted (can't remember exactly), plus the usual trans software update, but still the sypmtoms persisted. Until he changed the fluid to Redline. Problem solved. I thought I'd cut out the unnecessary heart-ache he'd unfortunately encounterd and try the Redline first.

As for the 'too smooth' shifting, I reckon its how it should be now. Before it was crap, now its 'like' my old merc-smooth.

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89 R32 Skyline various mods, running 442 BHP
00 Merc CLK55 AMG
01 E39 M5 Haywood and Scott silencers
02 E46 M3 Supersprint Cats, Eibach Lowered, Thorney Motorsport Remap, running 368 BHP