Hi all,
I'm new on here, so excuse me if this has already been raised (I haven't found it though)
I have a 1986 ex-military Unimog and want to change all fluids before heading off into Africa with it.
Most fluids are (relatively) easy to identify - but the manual transmission spec from Mercedes shows that the military gearboxes use 10w engine oil to MB spec 226-227.1. No-one seems to know anything about this old spec - in fact the only straight 10w engine oils I can find in UK currently are Shell Rimula R3 (http://www.oilsandstuff.com/sites/default/files/Rimula R3 10w TDS.pdf) and Fuchs TITAN TXE 10 (http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-68967-fuchs-titan-txe-10-monograde-engine-oil.aspx).
As we're going to be totally dependant on the truck for a year I want to make sure that I get the best-suited oil possible and would be keen to know if anyone has any advice as to the suitability of these two oils (or of any other oil you may know about that could be better suited?).
Thanks, Ian
I'm new on here, so excuse me if this has already been raised (I haven't found it though)
I have a 1986 ex-military Unimog and want to change all fluids before heading off into Africa with it.
Most fluids are (relatively) easy to identify - but the manual transmission spec from Mercedes shows that the military gearboxes use 10w engine oil to MB spec 226-227.1. No-one seems to know anything about this old spec - in fact the only straight 10w engine oils I can find in UK currently are Shell Rimula R3 (http://www.oilsandstuff.com/sites/default/files/Rimula R3 10w TDS.pdf) and Fuchs TITAN TXE 10 (http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-68967-fuchs-titan-txe-10-monograde-engine-oil.aspx).
As we're going to be totally dependant on the truck for a year I want to make sure that I get the best-suited oil possible and would be keen to know if anyone has any advice as to the suitability of these two oils (or of any other oil you may know about that could be better suited?).
Thanks, Ian