Hi folks,
any preferences as to which oil to drop in the gearbox?
i gather i'm lookin for an 80/90w
but is there any perticular brand, synthetic, anythin,  that you good folks would recomend rarter than me just walkin into haifrauds for a bottle of £10 special brew.
Rich.

Old school stuff a basic hypoid gear oil will do there was nothing else around when this stuff was built.

If using the Torquay branch of Halfords -

Take two bottles to a member of staff and ask their assistance

Let them read the label, give you some bull, and then let them recommend one -

Take the recommended bottle back to the shelf where you found it, and buy the other one that you had in your hand all along.

I never use synthetic anything in oils in buggies or beetles. Hypoid 90 gearbox oil is recommended.
I learned the hard way with using synthetic oils in bug engines.

I learned the hard way with using synthetic oils in bug engines.

Well said that man, but you have just opened up the biggest debate forever again

Oh, by the way you never mentioned "multigrades" did you

Cheers fellas