Tranmission/ Hydraulic Fluid

mark4Jesus · Jun 27, 2005

I had Bush Hog FEL installed on my B2150. They topped of the trans/ hyd. fluid. This is not where I bought my tractor. The manual says not to mix different brands of fluid. Is this really a problem? Do I need to change the fluid?

familyman · Jun 27, 2005

I seriously doubt you'll have any problems, Mark. I assume "they" are the dealer, and most of them know what they're doing.
I'm for Jesus, too! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

mark4Jesus · Jun 29, 2005

The FEL was installed by a local farm supply dealer, not a Kubota dealer. I'm not sure why the manual says not to mix fluid from different manufacturers.

familyman · Jun 29, 2005

Mark, I'll look into this tomorrow a.m. Get back to you tomorrow p.m. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

smittyd3 · Jun 29, 2005

If you had a tractor with remotes and "Billy" borrowed your hydraulic harrow some of his "Hy-Tran" would be left in your harrow lines and cylinder(s) and it would be pushed into your system as soon as you operated it. It's probably not a good idea to mix fluid, but most tractor hydraulic fluid is compatable with each other. Super UDT is fairly unique, you will find some threads however where the Kubota dealer would recommend Hy-Tran or New Holland tractor fluid in place of Super UDT.