[AT] Tractor Fluid (OT, only maybe)

Sun Dec 8 14:55:47 PST 2013

True, 32F.  303 is not a multi-viscosity fluid.  All the specifications for
303 and for MultiTrac are now clear to me.  My big problem was thinking the
spec sheet for MultiTrac applied to the 303 while I was in the parts store.

SO

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:

> 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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