[AT] Refill my Case hydraulics

[Mike Sloane]

Thanks, Ralph! I think that is what I needed to know (or hear) - I keep 
that stuff (actually the NAPA or New Holland equivalent) around in 5 
gallon pails and use it on all the IH tractors with complete success. I 
am going with that, and I have a feeling I will be fine.

Mike

Ralph Goff wrote:
> Just for your info:.  in my 730 Case. I am using the modern version of 
> Case's hydraulic oil known as "Hy-tran plus", the same as I use in the 
> bigger , more modern tractors. In fact I use it in every tractor 
> hydraulic system on the farm, mostly for convenience.
> I'm sure the John Deere hyd oil would work fine too. Just a matter of 
> what you use most commonly on the farm and for me its the Case-IH oil.
> Originally Case recommended ATF when these tractors were new in the 
> sixties.
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> 

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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>>>
>>> I have a Case 430CK, and when I got it the seal on the three point 
>>> lift cylinder was blown out. As a result, the PO advised me that much 
>>> of the hydraulic fluid had been pumped from the torque tube reservoir 
>>> into the transmission. I finally got a round tuit, and I replaced the 
>>> seal (which was split in half) this week. And indeed the transmission 
>>> was half full of a mixture of 90W oil and something lighter. I am 
>>> going to eventually have to drain that mess out and replace it with 
>>> the recommended 90W oil, but it is working fine now. The problem is 
>>> that the fluid in the reservoir is so low that neither the power 
>>> steering nor the hitch operate. The owner's manual recommends the use 
>>> of "ATF" in the system. I stopped by local auto parts store today and 
>>> asked for some ATF, and the counterman asked if I wanted ATF-1, 
>>> ATF-2, or ATF-3. It seems that there is are different formulations 
>>> among them, and if I pick the wrong one, I will have (undetermined) 
>>> problems that will require draining and discarding the wrong stuff.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to which one I should buy for 
>>> this tractor? I seem to recall that back in the 1960s, there was only 
>>> one kind of ATF (I had an Esso service station about that time, and 
>>> ATF came in red and white quart cans, as did lube oil - you forced a 
>>> combination punch and spout into the top of the can and drained it. I 
>>> still have a couple of those spouts that I keep for the Smithsonian 
>>> Institution, should they ever ask for them.)
>>>
>>> Mike
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