[Farmall] Gear Oil

[Jerry Bossard]

Milo,

I have a 1942 H and I have been using 80-90 Gear Oil in the tranny for the
past 2 years with no problems.  I do change the oil once a year, but I put
less than 200 hours on it in a year.

Jerry


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Tom Bonjour <tbonjour at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have problems finding GL-4 gear oil. Everything I find is GL-5. I
> understand that GL-5 is harmful to bronze bushings. Are there any readily
> available 90W GL-4 gear oils?
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Sloane
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:31 PM
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Gear Oil
>
> Petroleum technology has come a very long way since 1928, and I think
> you will find that generic 90 weight gear oil should work just fine. It
> isn't as if your machine will even see a lot of long hard hours of work
> that might put a strain on that mechanism.
>
> Mike
>
> On 12/1/2011 8:20 AM, Milo wrote:
> > What are you folks using for gear lube in the older units?
> > I'm restoring a 1928 Russell Road Grader that uses a 10-20 (I-20)
> > McCormick Deering for power.
> > I'm using the cast iron "tub" from a 1934 10-20, as the original one on
> > the grader was broken
> > at the wheel hub on the right rear.
> >
> > Also using the bull gear and some of the transmission gears from the 34.
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Farmall mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/farmall
>
> _______________________________________________
> Farmall mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/farmall
>