Thought I would update in case people were following the thread...
I took the plunge and bought 2 litres of Evo 2 gear oil from Difflock. Warmed up the box, drained the oil and refilled to the correct level. Interestingly I only managed to get 1.5litres in when the capacity should be 1.7litres, not a great amount, but a fair percentage of old oil must still be in there somewhere.
The verdict, definitely better! Noticeably less notchy into all gears, in comparison with before it feels like the box is stiffer, but in actual fact it is more like a normal (or newer) gearbox, if that makes sense, a more positive action.
First gear is just as easy to select when cold as when it is warm now, so that is good. And it even allows you to select 1st when rolling, which was always a no no before.
Sometimes going from a forward gear to reverse took a couple of attempts, but now smooth as anything and first time every time.
The misses even said it was better, after asking her!
I must state that my gearbox was in no way falling apart, I coped with it very well before as I am used to slightly difficult boxes on my Austin Mini and Series Land Rover, but I was aware of myself declutching and attempting gears a couple of times to allow it to go in easily, the wife did not do that and simply pushed HARD until the gear appeared, don't think that would have helped wear! None of this is now necessary.
FYI I do not work for nor have any connection with Difflock or their associated products, I have however used the Evolution 1 in my fathers Discovery R380 gearbox which had the crunching 2nd gear syncro, and it solved that, so thought it was worth a shot.
In summary, well impressed and very much worth the £35 odd for the oil, assuming it lasts a year at least!
Cheers all
Phil
