I am of the opinion..that IF today's lubes were available in the 40's and 50's when these machines were built, the design engineers would have specified their use. But, they weren't.
I agree with the rationale that if the lube worked for 50-60 years, it must be OK. Empirical evidence proves that point. I also tend to believe that what is currently available (the newer stuff) is also just fine.
I don't buy Hy-Tran for my old Farmall SA. It gets ATF and it works perfectly. I don't go looking for that nasty old yellow grease that was popular back in 1953, but use what's on the shelf today. I don't run straight 30W motor oil either..it gets HD 10W-40. The gasoline is unleaded regular as opposed to leaded gas. Guess what? It runs just fine. Nothing has fallen off, seized, or blown up. And if it does....I'll attribute it to 54 years of wear and tear before I will to the modern lubricants.
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Today's Featured Article - The Cletrac General GG and the BF Avery A - A Bit of History - by Mike Ballash. This article is a summary of what I have gathered up from various sources on the Gletrac General GG and the B. F. Avery model A tractors. I am quite sure that most of it is accurate. The General GG was made by the Cleveland Tractor Company (Cletrac) of Cleveland, Ohio. Originally the company was called the Cleveland Motor Plow Company which began in 1912, then the Cleveland Tractor Company (1917) and finally Cletrac.
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