Originally Posted by
TedW
Hi Nick:
When it gets really cold your gearbox will not want to shift very easily, so something else to consider for your new, cold environment is a switch to synthetic gear oil for your gearbox, t-case, diffs and swivels. Conventional gear oils take on the consistency of rubber cement under extreme cold, while synthetics stay fluid. Pretty amazing to see: I left a bottle of each type outside overnight once when temps dropped to -30F. The synthetic flowed normally while the conventional turned into goo. And shifting even when cold is quite smooth 'n easy.
Just my $0.02....
Ted