Originally Posted by besser_au
What is the type of grease that is in the gear box, looks like a jellied oil more than the normal grease. and is there any technical drawings of the gears mainly Rover part no.s 252( bevel gear 42 tooth ) & 271 ( pinion gear bevel 16 tooth).

Foote only used two grease types, according to this guide which is around on the web:

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The 2820 and 2840 gearboxes were both worm drive, so for your box it looks like Shell Darina '0' is correct.
I found a TDS for that; it was a bentonite clay thickened, NLGI #0, Extreme Pressure grease.

The closest Shell current product is 'Shell Gadus S2 V220 0' grease. Castrol Spheerol EPL0 and Penrite Semi Fluid Grease would be two near matches.

Cheers,
Gadge

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