Tractor fluid

[HUENEMEGN]

So I been reading on some of the threads that we can use ( Hydrolic tractor fluid ) ?? Well at oreilys they sell (Tractor Fluid 303) it's say tractor hydraulic fluid on back of the container ?? Should I use this or stick with regular tranny fluid ?? All they sell is dextron 6 ??

 

[SSedan64]

Personally I'd stick with the Dex VI/6 for a mild performance street/strip ride.
Many stores sell a Dex/Merc compatible fluid which is also cheaper.

 

[Slow91z]

If you still have a lockup converter stay away from tractor fluid.

 

[1BADDAM]

I've ran this for the last 7 yrs with a lock-up - no issues.

Mobil

 

[novaderrik]

I've ran this for the last 7 yrs with a lock-up - no issues.

Mobil

yeah, but on the internet people that have never tried it say it won't work so you must be mistaken.

 

[Slow91z]

I've ran this for the last 7 yrs with a lock-up - no issues.

Mobil

Interesting, which lock-up converter do you have??

yeah, but on the internet people that have never tried it say it won't work so you must be mistaken.

More like people on the internet that have seen people hurt their lock-up converters using this stuff. If he's using it with no issues that's awesome, but there is nothing wrong with me informing the OP that possibility exists.

 

[turbo nasty]

Get a good combo (trans built right and good convertor and a good COOLER) and reg ole Dex/merc will hold up IMO.

 

[Thumper]

I have personally ran the mobile 424, lost a converter to the fluid. I had the converter cut open by the manufacture and was told fluid was incompatable with lock up clutches. In the mean time the trans builder took a look in the trans to find nothing wrong, reinstalled trans with a rebuilt converter and ran dextron for the next 5 years with no problems.

The trans builder contacted me when he lost another lock-up converter due to the use of mobile 424 a few months later, now we both do not recommend the fluid.

This is personal experience, not just saying it does not work, finding out it did not work in my car and having to pay the bills and redo the work.

Maybe there is something to this, but I will not recommend if there is a possibiltiy of failure involved.

Question for all? I used it in a daily driver which got a good workout every day. So maybe 10 years in a car with 100 miles a year it would be fine. So how many miles are being put on these trans with the mobile 424 and how well does your converter still lock up? I would like to know the facts, of how many miles and what type of converter please, not speculation.

Dextron fluid always worked.

Thanks
Bill

 

[MikeStarner]

Advance sells dex merc and a lot of stores sell it as just multi vehicle ATF now. I'm personally running bg synthetic with no issues.

 

[SSedan64]

Is the Hydraulic fluid incompatible with the Clutch material or the Bonding agent/adhesive?
There is Paper, Woven Carbon Fiber, Carbon Composite & Kevlar clutch materials that I know of. Maybe others.

 

[Slow91z]

I personally always used Type F right up until recently when I started to burn it occasionally (mid 10's and a transbrake).

At the level the OP is at I see no reason to even think about using something other than normal tranny fluid (old dextron or type F), he's not making enough power yet to burn it assuming he has a tranny cooler and all that jazz.

 

[1BADDAM]

Interesting, which lock-up converter do you have??

3200 9x11