paine
Bronze Member
I have owned the my LIKE NEW 1200 hour Case DX33 Farmall (same as TC33DA) for around a year now and I finally got around to changing the hydraulic oil. I spent the big dollars on the AMSOIL Synthetic tractor fluid and at right around $380 I want to make sure I don't have to do it again any time soon!
My worry is I just drained the fluid and it looks and smells just like red transmission fluid, I do no know when it was changed last and I do not know what the previous owner used in it. I have not changed it yet considering the hours and condition I just assumed that the previous owner took immaculate care or it both cosmetically and mechanically.
My question is is the NH134 fluid red?
I know that I will never get 100% of the old fluid out, and I do not want to mix the expensive AMSOIL with some crap old regally transmission fluid. I know that it is ok to use transmission fluid in some hydro systems but I don't think that it makes sense to mix that with this new fluid.
What would you do? Just use the Amsoil now or would you go buy some cheap tractor supply hydraulic fluid and do a flush by filling, running, draining again and then put the new synthetic fluid in?
My worry is I just drained the fluid and it looks and smells just like red transmission fluid, I do no know when it was changed last and I do not know what the previous owner used in it. I have not changed it yet considering the hours and condition I just assumed that the previous owner took immaculate care or it both cosmetically and mechanically.
My question is is the NH134 fluid red?
I know that I will never get 100% of the old fluid out, and I do not want to mix the expensive AMSOIL with some crap old regally transmission fluid. I know that it is ok to use transmission fluid in some hydro systems but I don't think that it makes sense to mix that with this new fluid.
What would you do? Just use the Amsoil now or would you go buy some cheap tractor supply hydraulic fluid and do a flush by filling, running, draining again and then put the new synthetic fluid in?