Fluids For My New (to me) TC35D...

StoneyFF · Mar 26, 2004

Folks,

Was going to post this in the 'Oil, Fuel, & Lubricants" section, but wanted to get some NH specific advice...

First, I'm wondering whether it's imperative that I use the NH brand fluids, particularly the hydraulic fluids. Sam's Club has a 5 gal bucket of HD Hydraulic Fluid at a very attractive price, and it says it's good for lots of tractors... but you never know... so I thought I'd come to the font of wisdom and drink again from the fountain of knowledge that is TBN <grin>...

The other thing that I heard is that you could use #2 heating oil in place of diesel fuel. I know that in the Marines, we had "Multi-Fuel" engines that were really diesels with "fuel density compensators", and you'd really be surprised some of the things we ran those trucks on when necessary <grin>... But the tractor doesn't have that, and I'm suspicious that there are some other additives missing that could prove potentially detrimental...

Stoney
{If it sounds to good to be true, it's probably false... <duh... grin>...}

MikePA · Mar 26, 2004

Hi Stoney, there are current threads in the Lubricant section about these 2 topics. The short answer to your questions are (1) You can use any lubricant that meets NH specs. (2) Yes, you can use home heating oil in place of diesel fuel, but I'm not sure why you'd want to.

DAP · Mar 26, 2004

Does $1.20 pg help with the understanding? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

MikePA · Mar 26, 2004

Does $1.20 pg help with the understanding?
Immensely! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif However, I don't use enough diesel to justify the 'trouble' of looking for off-road, much less trying to pump it out of my heating oil tank. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

AndyMA · Mar 26, 2004

Stoney

I was also looking at that hydraulic fluid at Sam's the other day. On the pail I think it says it replaces New Holland 134. What bothered me was that it didn't exactly say it met the specs of 134. What fluid is specified for your TC35D?

Andy

Andy

StoneyFF · Mar 26, 2004

Andy,

Yea, I wasn't sure what the specs for 134 (or 134D, used for some things on my tractor as well) were, so didn't know whether that stuff meet it or not...

Stoney
{Gotta love Sam's Club... but you gotta watch too... some things are better bought at the 'normal' store on sale than at Sam's usual price...}

StoneyFF · Mar 26, 2004

Mike,

Yea, I saw those threads after I posted this... it did, indeed, answer most of my questions... Thanks.

But as for why use the home heating oil... there's a large cost saving... and if they are delivering anyway, they might as well put some in a 55 gallon drum for me to use in my tractor... not to mention the fact that it's nice to have it there for when I need it and not have to worry about having to go to the 'gas' station 15 miles away to find diesel fuel... drag it back and forth inside my Tahoe for it to spill or drip... etc. So I guess there are lots of reasons, even if you don't use so much... but I'll use a lot more, based on what I've done so far...

Stoney
{I'm sure that I'm not the first person to ask a question already answered on this board... probably not the last either <grin>... but I'll try to look first next time <smile>...}