i'm trying to figure out what fluid spilled out?

1987 NISSAN HARDBODY
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SILVERMILAN
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Of the drive shaft on my truck when i pulled the drive shaft from the trany. i had to rebuild my trany and when i pulled the drive shaft some oil or something like that leaked out and i just need to know what kind of oil i need to replace that with
Sep 5, 2011 at 5:13 PM
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Is this a manual or automatic transmission?
Sep 5, 2011 at 6:30 PM
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it is a manual trany
Sep 6, 2011 at 5:33 PM
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Use 80W90 gear oil
Sep 6, 2011 at 5:43 PM
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thank you this was very helpfully
Sep 6, 2011 at 5:45 PM
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