so i want to put royal purple in my tranny. i have a 06 xl 2.3 and my tranny calls for mercron lv. so would i put poyal purple ATF or the synchromesh for manuel trannys.thanks for any help

 

mercon is a special type of ATF that is ford specific and must be used...no other ATF would work is what i heard

 

Royal Purple ATF is supposed to be within the requirements of Fords Mercon V

 

oh...but IMO royal purple is over priced

 

Agreed, I went with Lucas when I did mine.

 

what lucas product did you go with. and i finally got on the RP website and there cross reference sheet says use synchro mesh check it out

Royal Purple Transmission Lubricant Chart

 

I used
Lucas Semi-Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid : Lucas Oil

 

really and did it help smooth out the shifts i kno on my ranger 1-3 are pretty rough and theres only 33k on it

 

ranger trans are like that...mine occasionly grinds a little going into 3rd

 

yea i heard that im just lokking for somthing that my help smooth it out a little

 

still a laugh these things take atf

 

yea makes no sense...oh well thats typical ford

 

I usually run Royal Purple ATF in my trans....not the synchromesh royal purple because it wasn't out when I did my syn swap. I noticed the trans was easier to shift and with my hurst, the gear meshing noise got a little quieter. The good thing about running syn is it runs cooler....and a cool gear is a happy long lasting gear.

Now I'm running standard dino oil atf...idk the mercon level at all. lol.

 

with the lucas, it runs cooler and shifts alot better. Also the gear mesh with the hurst is much quieter now.

 

whoops.... I got stupid there for a second! lol. The meshing got quieter, not louder with synthetic. That with cooler temps and shifting easier are all traits of synthetic atf in manual trannys.

 

you said the synchromesh wasnt out then would that be what to use now is it better than there ATF for our tranny

 

I said I use dino oil now.... 'cause i'm cheap and broke and my tranny went boom! A 4 gal jug if dino ATF is $10. I like that price. lol.



I'd probably run the Synchromesh next time around....when I got the $30 to blow on oil. lol.

 

great thanks for the info