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Neil Spreadbury
Film Handler

Posts: 18
From: Salisbury Amesbury UK
Registered: Mar 2018

posted 03-22-2018 02:08 PM

hi all need help with type of oil for my v5 please.
did see it on here last week now cant find it.

thank for your time.

Neil.

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Leo Enticknap
Film God

Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 03-22-2018 11:44 PM

The first chief I ever worked for, in 1989, was absolutely adamant that automatic transmission fluid was as good if not better than Cinemeccanica-approved cross box oil; and that's what he used.

When I eventually got to the point of making maintenance decisions myself I played it safe and went with the approved stuff (in the UK, Sound Associates used to sell it - dunno if they still do), though.

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Kieran Hall
Film Handler

Posts: 28
From: Coventry, UK
Registered: Nov 2017

posted 03-23-2018 06:17 AM

The oil for our Vic 8s came from Jack Roe. I've no idea if they still sell it, though, as their website seems to be down (cinemasupplies.co.uk when it hopefully comes back).

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

Posts: 9532
From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-23-2018 10:07 AM

when the vic 8 was intorduced it was supplied with a red transmission fluid but later cinemecanica switched to a oil the last i heard SAE20 non detergent was fine in them

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-23-2018 05:04 PM

quote: Leo Enticknap
The first chief I ever worked for, in 1989, was absolutely adamant that automatic transmission fluid was as good if not better than Cinemeccanica-approved cross box oil; and that's what he used.

LOL! The last Cinema Supplier I worked for swore up and down that ATF was the best thing to use in Ballantyne Pro 35's. Well, as it turns out the seals and o-rings in those peojectors DO NOT LIKE IT! Every single Pro-35 started leaking in a big way and we eventually had to pull them out and replace as we had newer Christies from doing digital conversions. Sure, I could have replaced seals and O-rings in them, but it's a big job, kind of expensive, and those peojectors suck anyway. The Cine-X35's ran perfectly trouble free once they were reinstalled.

The moral of the story is... Don't put ATF in your projector if there are rubber parts.

Mark

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Garry Knapp
Film Handler

Posts: 50
From: Mississauga Ontario Canada
Registered: Oct 2016

posted 03-25-2018 06:48 AM

I purchased a 1/2 gal bottle of Champion brand intermittent oil from Ebay.
I was assured it would work on my Vic5. So far, no problems at all.

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