2640 H-fluid

[usetob]

My SIL is running straight Hydraulic fluid in his 2640. I always run Hi-guard in my deere's who's right?
TIA

 

[twopop]

running straight h-fluid is kinda like trying to run gasoline in a diesel or vice-versa

 

[Bob]

Define "straight hydraulic fluid"... what does it say on the pail? Who's "specs" does it meet?

 

[tim s]

Useing fluid that is not correct for "wet" brakes will "kill" a Deere utility for sure,it will let the linings come loose and let the brakes run metal to metal and you won't have a clue of whats going wrong till the hydraulics slow down,,by then it's to late,,nothing will be the same again...

 

[usetob]

Bob, it just says hydraulic fluid, not hydraulic-transmission fluid The way I see it it's not made for wet cluthes or brakes!
Thanks

 

[Bob]

That seems odd.

No matter WHAT oil it is, it usually lists what company's "specs" it meets.

 

[buickanddeere]

If the oil doesn't say "wet clutch compatible", it isn't.

 

[Bob]

I don't know how things are done up in the Great White North, but I don't recall seeing ANY oil buckets down here marked "wet clutch compatible", just various mfr's "spec numbers" that it meets.

 

[buickanddeere]

Post you email address and I'll send you an image or two.