Posted by Hugh MacKay on May 17, 2009 at 08:49:30 from (209.226.247.23):
In Reply to: Re: What kind of oil? posted by the tractor vet on May 17, 2009 at 06:16:33:
Vet: I'm not going to argue your point on diesel oils for diesel engines and gas oils for gas engines. The industry calls it what they want to call it.
What I am saying in the 1970s I had five, 6 cylinder diesels in four tractors and a combine. I had 5 gas tractor engines as I'll class those 4 cylinder Case engines in skidsteers as tractor engines. I had 5 GM V8 gas engines and one 4 cycle lawn mower. I also had 6 to 8 employees handling vehicles and oils. I was not concerned about mistakes in the gassers, but I was concerned about wrong oils getting in my diesels. I'm sure you will agree, screwing up one of those diesels would have cost a lot more than any one of the gassers. Example in 1980 I bought a complete 427 drop in for a 70 series GM highway tractor for under $1,000. The professional IH dealer rebuild of my 656 diesel that same year was roughly than 5 times the cost of truck engine. Thankfully the 656 had roughly 10,000 hours. By the way both truck and tractor included new clutch assemblies. Not TA though.
Seeing is believing and I have been using 15W-40 diesel grade oil in every gas engine ever since and have exceptional results. I believe it's more a case of diesel grades exceed the needs of gas engines.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Pitfalls of Tractor Engine Rebuilds - by Chris Pratt. The first pop after you have put the machine together with your own hands is exciting and pleasing. The whole experience can be marred if one moves too fast and makes too many assumptions that they can just use "as is" some parts they should be closely scrutinizing and possibly attended to. In such cases, rework makes what could have been a fun project turn into an irritant or even a nightmare. Minor Irritants To give you an example of an minor but irritating proble
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
