Hydraulic fluid ?

auggy53

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I drained the 8 gals. Of chocolate milk looking crap out of my 8n today and replaced it with hydraulic fluid . This tractor was suposedly stored in a barn for years ( guessed the roof leaked ) . Now on to the lift arms , both are bent to the point I can't level the drawbar. The guy that had it removed the wire conduit and put new plug wires on it , I wonder how long it took to melt them , their all taped up. I guess you can fix a tractor but you can't fix stupid!
 
Let the fluid drain all day,with all three plugs out. I use the Ford type fluid with a Ford spec number on the bucket. Walmart,Tractor supply and Auto Supply stores sell it.Some use 85w 90 gear oil,but mine works well on the fluid. On the lift arms,you should be able to find them on ebay or heat them and straighten them. You'll have to pack them in heated sand to temper them after heating,but it's not hard,if you have access to an anvil. The wire tubes can sometimes be found online[check here,on this site] or on ebay.Good luck.
 
A tractor that sits and is not run can build up a lot of condensation over the years. As for the tube well sen many with out and few ever had melted wires unless they fell down on the exhaust manifold. Never sen bent 3 point arms but seen many broken ones.
 

Auggie, welcome to Yesterday's Tractors! Stand by, your hydraulic fluid is going to be turning to chocolate again unless you are using it under very unusual conditions. As Young Fella Old said you are getting condensation in your cases. Virtually all equipment has gear boxes/ cases that are vented to the atmosphere so that as they warm up during use, the seals don't blow out. As the case cools off between uses it will draw air in. If the air happens to be humid it is drawing water in at the same time. In order to keep your new oil from turning to chocolate you need to run it hard enough for long enough, occasionally to heat the oil enough to drive the moisture out. Most old tractors don't get used enough for this to happen, so it would be a good idea for you to drain a little oil off the bottom of each chamber at least annually to allow any water that has settled out of the oil to drain out.
 
We bent both of the lift arms growing up. Not at the same time mind you. We had a loader on ours and chained the arms around the axles. That 8N would really lift a load! Enough to slowly bend the arms one at a time. I don't remember how he replaced them but I know we didn't have a press. I do remember he got used ones that were rusty blue. That seemed like such a shame.
 
What bothers me most is the neglect , when I own a piece of
equipment I try to take care of it as best I can. And this one I
will fix or replace everything that isn't right. I have 2 8n's and I
will be selling one of them . I will probably keep this one
because it's 12 volt . The other one is 6 volt and I've got it in
good shape , I use it for blading gravel and snow and small
logging . When I sell it I want to feel comfortable the buyer is
happy with it.
 
(quoted from post at 08:40:04 03/16/15) What bothers me most is the neglect , when I own a piece of
equipment I try to take care of it as best I can. And this one I
will fix or replace everything that isn't right. I have 2 8n's and I
will be selling one of them . I will probably keep this one
because it's 12 volt . The other one is 6 volt and I've got it in
good shape , I use it for blading gravel and snow and small
logging . When I sell it I want to feel comfortable the buyer is
happy with it.

We are all bothered by neglect but we all do it. We gradually fall out of love with various things as newer things creep in and take over our interest and time. There are only so many hours in the day. Often we should sell something before it suffers from lack of attention, but we intend to get back to it, so we keep it. Someone said once that you can't have a meaningful relationship with no more than five tractors. You can probably substitute any motor vehicle and probably many other things as well.
 

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