‘A few months ago I learned that, as recently as 1972, General Motors was using sperm-whale oil in transmission fluid in its cars. I’m not sure why I was surprised to learn this. It took nearly another decade for much of the world to agree to ban commercial whaling, in 1982. (A handful of countries …

My 1981 Olds had posi-traction and the additive to get it to stop clicking on turns was a bottle of whale oil. Pretty common then. That was the factory fix anyway with about a 10 oz squeeze bottle to add to the differential. Very common problem. Maybe it was a synthetic I dunno but they called i…

Here’s an interesting comment from the whale oil wiki at Sperm oil - Wikipedia In the US, whale oil was used in cars as an additive to automatic transmission fluid until it was banned by the Endangered Species Act . [25] Prior to 1972, over 30 million pounds of Sperm Whale oil was used annually in l…

Did everyone’s transmissions stop working after the whale oil ran out?

[image] RandomTroll: The global pursuit of whales inescapably connotes the romance of nineteenth-century New Bedford and Nantucket: If you’re ever in New Bedford MA - visit the whaling museum. One factoid I got from my visit…Yes - while whaling was a very lucrative business. Whaling WATCHING …

[image] MikeInNH: Whaling WATCHING is well over 100 times more lucrative. But you don’t get to kill anything.

[image] RandomTroll: But you don’t get to kill anything. You could always bring your mother-in-law and throw her overboard if that makes you feel better.

[image] RandomTroll: Don’t have one. So you have been on a whale watch.

Quote Wiki: “In the late 20th century, Jojoba oil was discovered to be a better substitute for high-friction applications because it is even more stable at high temperatures. This caused sperm oil’s price to collapse to a tenth of its previous value. [28] ” Now I’m wondering which is it and how accu…

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MikeInNH August 13, 2018, 2:12pm 7

You could always bring your mother-in-law and throw her overboard if that makes you feel better.

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