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Chris; I'm a Lucas believer especially with the tranny. Just add a quart and what a difference it makes. Just keep in mind, however, it takes more time for the tranny to warm up because Lucas is so thick. The flip side is all the protection the internal parts get during and after driving.

LJ; Double clutching means you treat neutral like a seperate gear. Example: From first you push the clutch in and shift to neutral, clutch out, clutch back in while in neutral, shift into second and clutch out. In other words, you do not clutch in and shift directly from first to second gear...

Gentlemen; 4th is the big reason why I double clutch. Going "'round the horn" from 3rd to 4th and double clutching does two things at once that eases stress on the tranny. First it allows the synchro to catch up to 4th from 3rd (I know from driving old White Bosses with the old fashioned...

Guys; After driving 1.5 million miles I've learned with an unsynchronized tranny it's fine to glide the gears. However, with a syncronized tranny glidding is the death of them! I ALWAYS double clutch my baby because it is MUCH easier on the syncro.. I learned the hard way on my '85 Escort...