[AT] Tractor Fluid (OT, only maybe)

[Mike]

Looks like Coastal 303 isn't rated for anything under 32deg F

On 12/8/2013 4:02 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 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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