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Oliver HG-42 Crawler

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jim

03-02-2004 10:48:07




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I have a 1944 oliver hg-42 with an imp dozer attachment. The engine is a hercules ixb. The connecting rods have poured babbit bearings with shims. My question is can I use common oil,(15-40) in the engine, final drive, and transmission (85-140)? I heard it may be better to use mineral oil.




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jdemaris

03-02-2004 18:35:59




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 Re: Oliver HG-42 Crawler in reply to jim, 03-02-2004 10:48:07  
On the subject of using modern high-detergent oil in the engine it depends on how clean it is inside now. If it's been apart or rebuilt in the past 30-40 years, it may be fairly clean inside. If not, it's probably filled with sludge. Theorectially, high detergent oil can cause more problems than it's worth when you start using it in a real dirty engine. I've been using Shell Rotella 15W-40 in all my tractors, including my Cletrac HG with the IXB-3 engine - but I had the engine apart and removed two inches of sludge from the oil pan first. As far as the final drives go, seems as long as they can hold the oil and not leak they'd probably be alright - but why take the chance? In regard to using the 15W-40 motor oil in the Clark transmission - Cletrac/Oliver called for SAE or pure mineral oil (GL1) because the brake bands for the steering get plugged and glazed by the extreme pressure additives found in GL5 gear oil. I don't know what additives are in the motor oil you want to use. As I recall, it's the phosporus that causes the glazing.

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