[Farmall] International 460 Utility

[Mike Sloane]

I wasn't criticizing Charlie, and I hope he didn't take offense. (and it 
is real easy to make a mistake on some of the chain saws I have - the 
bar oil and fuel tank fillers are right next to each other and only 
marked with different color caps!)

  As far as using Hy-tran, if you are going to flush your hydraulic 
system out again, I would buy generic "tractor hydraulic fluid" at your 
local auto parts or ag supply store - if it says somewhere on the 
container "equivalent to Case IH Hy-Tran" it will work just fine and be 
less expensive than "the real thing". I have been using NAPA's tractor 
hydraulic fluid for years in a dozen different IH tractors with no ill 
effects.

Mike

mstrating wrote:
> Charlie V, I understand why you asked about the oil I used. If the 
> computer doesn't work the first question should be "Is it plugged in!"
> 
> I appreciate the information. I used IH “HiTran”(?) purchased from my 
> local Farm & Fleet farm store. I did work the cylinders in and out once 
> but was afraid to run the pump any longer with the fluid drained. I will 
> give it another try when weather is warmer. Maybe we will get a January 
> thaw!
> 
> Monte
> 
> cvill wrote:
>> Understood, Mike.  I was merely throwing out the question to the 
>> original post on the long shot that the use of incorrect oil could be 
>> the cause of the problem on the 460U rather than contaminated oil.  I 
>> surely do not mean to insult the intelligence of the original poster, 
>> but stranger things have happened.  One day I had a brain cramp and 
>> filled the gas tank on a chain saw with chain oil.  Promptly realized 
>> what I had done, dumped the tank and started over.  Whoze poifect??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Sloane wrote:
>>   
>>> In the case of the Ford N tractors, 90W oil is what they are supposed to 
>>> have in the system. I suspect that 1. Ford never expected anyone to be 
>>> using the three point hitch in sub-freezing weather and 2. the system is 
>>>   based on 1930s technology, when high pressure hydraulics and light 
>>> hydraulic oils were not in common use, certainly not for transmissions 
>>> and final drives. This was true of IH tractors as well - the early "Lift 
>>> All" systems in the H and M used 30W engine oil for hydraulic fluid, 
>>> which was better but still pretty stiff in cold weather.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>