[AT] Tractor Fluid (OT, only maybe)

[Stephen Offiler]

It might very well be!  The name "303" to me sounds sort of random, since
this Coastal brand doesn't have several other hydraulic fluids with similar
numerical names.  They have one other one, and it's called MultiTrac.
 Seems they very well could have named their "303" for a popular past
application so people would recognize it.

SO


On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ron Cook <ron at lakeport-1.com> wrote:

> Forty some years ago, or maybe even 50, John Deere specified 303 fluid.
> I was driving a Skelly oil truck for the local elevator.  I delivered
> alot of that stuff.  Seems whenever the new John Deeres, 3010,4010, blew
> a hose on an implement, 15 gallons immediately went on the ground.  Sold
> that stuff by the 55 gallon drum.  It was not for use in IH equipment.
> They needed something a little different and most customers used HY-Tran
> from the IH dealer.  I had not heard of 303 for years until this
> thread.  Do you suppose it is the same 303??
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> On 12/8/2013 12:32 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> > Yeah... sort of still kicking myself for this one.  Thought I had done
> > adequate homework.  The manual simply calls it "Ford 134 fluid".  I did
> > some searching around the 'Net before I went shopping, so I was armed
> with
> > the correct, current spec (M2C134D).  At that time (this was about a
> month
> > ago) the only tractor fluid at NAPA was the Coastal 303, so either I
> could
> > have spent more of my day running around, or, try to determine if this
> was
> > the right stuff.  Since I am in a semi-rural area I could have driven
> > around  for another hour or two... so, clearly worth a few minutes to
> look
> > hard at the Coastal 303.  But I should  have taken a lot more time to
> > carefully read the document he showed me.  I am accepting a good portion
> of
> > the blame.  Very little blame to the counter guy.  A bit to whoever
> > formatted the data sheet I was shown, as it covers 303 at the top of the
> > page and with little fanfare it transitions to MultiTrac in the middle of
> > the page, where the correct Ford spec is listed.
> >
> > I just went back to that same NAPA (they remain far and away my favorite
> > parts store despite this incident) and they have apparently received a
> > fresh batch of fluids, because now there are at least three or four
> > different ones to choose from, and one of them NAPA branded is clearly
> and
> > obviously the right one.  It talks about M2C134D, Hy-Tran Plus, etc etc.
> >   It calls out multi-viscosity, extreme-service, correct for modern
> > hydraulic system etc etc.  They simply didn't have any of this fluid
> when I
> > was there a month ago.
> >
> > SO
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Alan Riley <arr44 at suddenlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> That's good to know - thanks for the info and I'm glad the mystery
> >> has been solved.
> >>
> >> It's a shame their mistake cost you time and money though.
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Stephen Offiler
> >> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 5:52 AM
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor Fluid (OT, only maybe)
> >>
> >> THANKS for all the responses!  I believe I have figured out what
> happened:
> >>
> >> If you note in my story, they pulled out some documents from under the
> >> counter and showed me one that indicated it was compatible with Ford
> >> M2C134D.  Here it is:  (scroll down to page 2)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.warrenoil.com/MSDS-Spec/PDS/Coastal/PDS%20-%20Coastal%20Multitrac%20Tractor%20Fluid.pdf
> >>
> >> But that is NOT the oil they sold me.  The above is a different Coastal
> >> product, called MultiTrac.  What I got was Coastal 303, which, when you
> >> look at the data sheet, is obviously the wrong stuff:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.warrenoil.com/MSDS-Spec/PDS/Coastal/PDS%20-%20Coastal%20303%20Tractor%20Fluid.pdf
> >>
> >> I think it was an honest mistake by the counter guy.  I don't think they
> >> stock the MultiTrac and he mistakenly believed he was showing me the
> >> correct data sheet.
> >>
> >> SO
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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