antique tractor oil
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I’ve got a 1952 Farmall Super C. I run Rotella T4 10w30 in it. This oil has HTHS of at least 3.5 and has higher levels of ZDDP for antiwear. If I were to work an antique tractor hard in warm weather I would step it up to a 15w40. Either of these are thicker and higher in ZDDP than typical sae 30 oils
Weight isn't usually critical unless oil pressure is low. 10w-30 or 15w-40 diesel oil would be my choice. 20w-50 if pressure is low.
It was probably speced with 30 weight oil which can be found at Farm & Fleet. Given you’re in the Midwest I’d run 15w40. If it uses oil F&F also has 15w50 in Mystik.
Just my $0.02
We had a 1952 or 1953 Massey Harris 30 with a Continental engine.
I spent a lot of time cultivating our fields with that 30. That was in the old days of summer-fallowing fields in alternating years.
It didn't have any software that could disable it at the worst possible time. Or any software at all really.
Have a 1949 Farmall C with Delo 15/40 used primarily for mowing field edges after bush hogging. Last OCI was 20 years.
Currantly running pep boys proline sae40 in my 1956 case
This.
When I had my Farmall I used 15w40 HDEO unless I was using it to move snow which I used 10w30 HDEO.
That's for 2 stroke diesels
Are we sure?
Well it says cf2 on the bottle.
It’s rated CF,CF2 and SG it’s fine
Diesel 10w30 or diesel 15w40.
I have a fleet of antique equipment going back into the 1940s. All of it gets Kendall Super D-XA 15w40. Besides the gas pony motor on my 1956 CAT D4 7U. It gets Kendall full synthetic 10w30.
You can use a straight weight if you want. But really there is no reason to do so in the engines. Hydraulics and transmissions is another story.
I have a fleet of antique equipment going back into the 1940s. All of it gets Kendall Super D-XA 15w40. Besides the gas pony motor on my 1956 CAT D4 7U. It gets Kendall full synthetic 10w30.
You can use a straight weight if you want. But really there is no reason to do so in the engines. Hydraulics and transmissions is another story.
Hopefully he’s figured it out by now, especially since he’s never come back to talk about it.
I have a 1958 Ford 641 with a gas motor. I use 10w-30 in it. For a long time, I used standard Supertech from Walmart, but it seems they went all synthetic. This next change I'm planning to use Castrol GTX.
Some kind of HDEO oil will be the ticket, the viscosity should be the temperature [Starting temps] you operate the tractor in. I run a 5W-40 in mine If I lived where is didn't get cold in the winter 15W-40 would be my choice. But I do once a year so the benefit of the 5W is good. What ever oil you chose keep an eye on the oil consumption .
