[Farmall] IH Hy-Tran Fluid

soffiler at myeastern.com soffiler at myeastern.com
Fri Aug 27 06:57:53 PDT 2004


Art:

Are you familiar with ATF?  That is generally a pretty
"light" fluid that lubricates the gear train in vehicular
automatic transmissions just fine.  In fact, the transfer
case in my F250 pickup specifies ATF and I've seen it
specified in several manual transmissions as well.

Steve O.

From: Arthur Umland <artsd at aol.com>

>     Thanks for the comment Carl. If the indicated IH
> Hy-Tran Fluid is  indeed the same as the 10 W IH hydraulic
> fluid, it goes against my  basic experience of what to
> expect. Usually, gear trains, in this case  the transaxle
> assembly, would require a heavier weight lubricant rather 
> then lighter. The owners manual also states, "NOTE: Do not
> substitute  10W-30 or 10W-40." I will have to check into
> this further before I am  comfortable with using the
> equivalent of hydraulic fluid.
> 
>       Regards,
>                            Art



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