LowBoy
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2006
- Messages
- 1,149
- Location
- Southern Vt. on the Mass./NH borders
- Occupation
- Owner, Iron Mountain Iron & Equipment (Transport)
Trying to straighten out some of the previous owner's shortcuts, it dawned on me what he was doing when I arrived to look at/buy this machine.
He was dumping hydraulic oil into a funnel when I arrived; assuming it was older and had a few leaks, I let it slide. Later on after telling me he had the reverser out and rebuilt by a transmission shop about 200-300 hours ago, even handed me a service manual breakdown of the inside of it...he openly admitted he "always used regular hydraulic oil" in the reverser. Uh oh...
Yesterday I was using the machine, and noticed a slight hesitation when on an incline in forward. I baby this machine like a fragile woman; always stop when changing directions, no slamming. I haven't checked level in reverser yet, but will now that I'm thinking I want to get the "regular hydraulic oil" out of it, and replace with Hy-Tran or something comparable. I want to get things right to get ready for winter around here.
Question: What fluid actually belongs in this reverser/shuttle shifter, and what's the capacity? I might get flack for this, but I'm a Lucas Products believer too. Is it prudent to change the fluid to the properly specified fluid, and add some Lucas for sake of longevity, or most of you guys dead against additives in these reversers? Just curious as to what most of you think about that issue. I know enough about automatic transmission components and the presence of "friction material" that the clutches like, that I wonder if these reversers would be similar.
Where can I get a used service manual for this old machine...any advice for that as well? Thank you in advance.
He was dumping hydraulic oil into a funnel when I arrived; assuming it was older and had a few leaks, I let it slide. Later on after telling me he had the reverser out and rebuilt by a transmission shop about 200-300 hours ago, even handed me a service manual breakdown of the inside of it...he openly admitted he "always used regular hydraulic oil" in the reverser. Uh oh...
Yesterday I was using the machine, and noticed a slight hesitation when on an incline in forward. I baby this machine like a fragile woman; always stop when changing directions, no slamming. I haven't checked level in reverser yet, but will now that I'm thinking I want to get the "regular hydraulic oil" out of it, and replace with Hy-Tran or something comparable. I want to get things right to get ready for winter around here.
Question: What fluid actually belongs in this reverser/shuttle shifter, and what's the capacity? I might get flack for this, but I'm a Lucas Products believer too. Is it prudent to change the fluid to the properly specified fluid, and add some Lucas for sake of longevity, or most of you guys dead against additives in these reversers? Just curious as to what most of you think about that issue. I know enough about automatic transmission components and the presence of "friction material" that the clutches like, that I wonder if these reversers would be similar.
Where can I get a used service manual for this old machine...any advice for that as well? Thank you in advance.