Power steering fluid

[Edelpils]

I have a old 1978 Ford 515 tractor and i bought it a couple of months ago. I need to fill it up with Power steering fluid, but the manual i have say use ESN-M2C41-A oil. Well I cannot find that type of oil. Does anyone know what style of modern Power Steering oil i can use? I was thinking just use to any style of Power Steering oil, because they have made great inprovements on oil since 1978. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[balernbud]

you could use a 20 weight non-detergent motor oil (best). or dextron automatic trans fuild

 

[thatguy]

Not sure if this will help or not, but:

a google search found this in reference to a Ford 3000 transmission oil

TractorData.com Ford 3000 tractor transmission information


Brian

 

[RickB]

New Holland 134 hydraulic oil or the equivalent.

 

[Soundguy]

ditto what rick said. Plainly.. UTF.. most utfs in the 35$+ ranghe, per 5g will meet the 134 spec. a few of the bargain basement 25-30$ ones don't... etc.

that said.. the ps pump would likely eat any oil in the 10-30w range.. but the correct stuff is easy to find..e tc..

soundguy