5000 SOS

Just brought a 66 5000 SOS home runs like a dream was wondering where to check Transmission Fluid level and what fluid to use and where to check Hydraulic and what fluid to use. Thanks in advance

Trans oil check plug is on RH side in front of brake pedals just rear of square cover. May have street ell installed to increase fluid level. R/A level is on LH side about pto level. Both use 134 equilivent oil.

Most of us just use Hy-Tran or hydraulic transmission oil in them. I found that the oil got dirty again pretty quick so I changed it again after just a few hours. If you don't use it much you have to change it on a much shorter hour schedule. Be sure to run it around and get the oil good and warm and all of the crud suspended.

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Most of us just use Hy-Tran or hydraulic transmission oil in them.

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Bad advice! Hy-Tran isn't even good for what it's spec'd for and just any old hydraulic oil won't do.

To the OP use an oil that meets or exceeds the old Ford M-2C41 spec. Current spec is 134D. Make sure whatever you use says specifically that it meets or exceeds one or both of those specs.

If it says "may be used for" "is suitable for" or anything other than "meets or exceeds" run, don't walk away from it.

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(quoted from post at 06:47:33 07/03/17)
Most of us just use Hy-Tran or hydraulic transmission oil in them.

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Bad advice! Hy-Tran isn't even good for what it's spec'd for and just any old hydraulic oil won't do.

To the OP use an oil that meets or exceeds the old Ford M-2C41 spec. Current spec is 134D. Make sure whatever you use says specifically that it meets or exceeds one or both of those specs.

If it says "may be used for" "is suitable for" or anything other than "meets or exceeds" run, don't walk away from it.

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Well Larry, around here Hy tran is the "good stuff" $$85.00 - $120/bucket. Call it what you want.

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Well Larry, around here Hy tran is the "good stuff" $$85.00 - $120/bucket. Call it what you want.

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What does price prove?

Are you seriously telling me that Hy-Tran meets or exceeds either the Ford M-2C41 or the NH M-2C134-D spec or both?

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Well Larry, around here Hy tran is the "good stuff" $$85.00 - $120/bucket. Call it what you want.

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What does price prove?

Are you seriously telling me that Hy-Tran meets or exceeds either the Ford M-2C41 or the NH M-2C134-D spec or both?

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Well Larry, around here Hy tran is the "good stuff" $$85.00 - $120/bucket. Call it what you want.

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(quoted from post at 14:04:41 07/03/17)

(quoted from post at 06:47:33 07/03/17)
Well Larry, around here Hy tran is the "good stuff" $$85.00 - $120/bucket. Call it what you want.

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What does price prove?

Are you seriously telling me that Hy-Tran meets or exceeds either the Ford M-2C41 or the NH M-2C134-D spec or both?

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Well Larry, around here Hy tran is the "good stuff" $$85.00 - $120/bucket. Call it what you want.

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If it's so good, why can't you tell me if it meets the Ford specs? I don't care if it costs $1000.00 a bucket! When you can come back and tell me it meets or exceeds either or both of those specs, I'll concede. Otherwise your opinion is still a bad one!

I looked on the web for Hy Tran meeting 134, did not find it, Hy Guard did.

Site I looked at said Case Hy-Tran Ultra meets Ford 134 spec and will sub for John Deere Hy-Guard.

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Site I looked at said Case Hy-Tran Ultra meets Ford 134 spec and will sub for John Deere Hy-Guard.

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Can you name that site? I was unable to find anything telling me what specs Hy-Tran met. I don't like the word sub for. Does it say Hy-Tran meets the Hy-Guard spec or just "will sub for?"

I was doing a random search on Hy-Tran and didn't pay attention to what site I found the info on.
Most of what I found referred to Hy- Tran Ultra with only one reference to Hy-Tran being used in older Case tractors.
There's also Hy-Tran Ultra SSL that they say is comparable to Hy-Guard low viscosity.
One site said Hy-Tran Ultra meet JDM J21A and J20C spec and Hy-Tran Ultra SSL meet JDM J20D low viscosity spec.

There are no Case dealers in my area for me to confirm with, but I'm guessing Hy-Tran Ultra is a improved version of Hy-Tran for use in newer Case tractors, but I could be completely wrong.

All my tractors are Fords so 134 spec oil is what I look for and I pay very little attention to what other specs that oil meets.
I do use Hy-Guard or Kubota UDT in my Posi-Track skid loader as a replacement for the Caterpillar oil it uses, per their recommendation being they are 60 miles from me and my local JD and NH-Kubota dealer are only 8 miles away, nearest Case dealer is 45 miles.

Just put John Deere Hy-Gard in it and call it good.

Why?? Real oil analysts will tell you JD oils are among the dirtiest around. They are also not formulated by any one vendor, but are let to the cheapest bidder in different locales.

Why not find the proper stuff and be done with it. Lubrication is roughly 1% of the cost of owning any motorized piece of equipment. Why not do it properly?