cennex tranny fluid ok?

Later Roland (AL)

Also I'm a bit confused on the gear lube, Is just plain old 80-90 W gear lube o.k. or do you have to look for some special numbers on that too?

I don't remember my collage calculas or bio-chem classes being this confusing.

• qwick lift HTB

Soundguy

Also.. many of these other 'equivalent' fluids are a tad heavier that NH's fluid.. perhaps one of those may work..?

Soundguy

Wall-mart carries both a gl-1 90wt product.. and a universal tractor fluid.. that states that it meets 134d specs. If you have a wallmart closer than 50 miles to you.. check their before making the hour drive..

Soundguy

• LLama's hydraulic oil disertation

The tractor was designed for and sold with 90 weight oil in it, and the owner's manual spec'd 90 weight oil as the oil to use.

The only upside to the 134 oil is better operation in subzero weather.

The downsides to the 134 are more external leaks (usually quite a hit with the wife), and poorer lift performance, if anything in the system is less than perfect, as most of these tractors are, after 50 years!

So why use the 134, especially in the summer, when there is NOT A SINGLE ADVANTAGE TO IT?

Following yer lousy logic, you should also use cotton cord natural rubber ag-bar tires and 70 octane white gas instead of todays 88 octane gasoline. What? you can't buy cotton cord natural rubber tires or 70 octane gasoline? Would you iff'n they were available? What? Yer outta specs, Shame..... ...respectfully, Dell

Dell, I have been reading the posts you make a long time. I have a lot of respect for you, and defended you to those who would "flame" you. But, there is room for different opinions in this hobby! I am personally convinced that the 90 wt stuff does a better job than the thin stuff. I have proved this in my tractor. By testing it with both. 90 works better! True! Now, I don't want to get into flame wars with you, because I like the things you post most of the time. We all have the right to our own opinions. Mine is: Henry Ford knew what he was doing. (Or his engineers) Things have not really changed that much. (Ford is ashamed of how well these tractors are working, so there is a plot afoot at Detroit to sabotage them by recommending bad stuff. This way, they can sell us new tractors that won't last half as long as these old ones! Yes, I know Ford does not make tractors anymore, but FNH does. If you believe this, I have some waterfront property in Nevada that I'll sell cheap.) Seriously, let's try to get along, OK? I Beleive in the 90 wt stuff. Period. Use whatever you wish, it's your tractor, and if it Breaks, just makes all the rest more valuable.

Seems pretty simple to me. Iff'n you can operate a computer, you can read the MANDATORY lable specifications. Iff'n it sez: "meets Ford specs for XXX" or sumptin likthat, then yer weird tranny oil is useable. Don't take the saleman word for it, use yer own eyeballs.

DO NOT USE GL-5 spec oil (thats usually the modern EP multi-viscosity diffy oil) 'cuz it has sulferous additives that "eat" N-Tractor hydraulic and tranny parts.

GL-1 is a close cuzzin to 1939 90wt GEAR OIL.

Me? I use the Ford/New Holland recommended spec: M2C-134D hydro-tranny oil. I can gittitt just about enny real tractor store (CENNEX should have it) or NAPA autoparts store, Wal-Mart is reputed to have it also. $25/5gal buckett.

Remember, its 3-drains and 1-fill'em-up by the tranny shifer. Drain the square diffy plug first 'cuz it pees innna big 10 gal flatpan with some semblance of accuracy; then the 3" tranny plug; then the 3" hydro-pump plug..... ...Dell