Mineral engine oil for rear axle.

[jeveriss]

I've seen it mentioned that you can use a mineral engine oil for the rear axle and hydraulic system of older tractors.
I'm currently overhauling the hydraulic system and I don't have the option of buying universal tractor oil in France, or anything more specialist. It's either hydraulic fluid for modern machinery which is VERY expensive here and from what I've read can be damaging, or bog standard engine oil.
Is engine oil acceptable? If so, what grades?

Jimmy

[Bensdexta]

See sticky: http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb ... f=3&t=1012

[jeveriss]

Cheers mate, I must be going blind.
I'm going to presume the summer weight of a multi-grade can be ignored.

[YorkshireDextaMan]

Why can't you buy universal oil in France, ?? Ambra, which is a French oil company part owned by CNH sell Ambra, the CNH dealers over there would keep it. Any 10w40. multigrade oil wil do, the same mineral oil you put in the engine,
It does'nt take a lot to keep a Dexta happy.

[jeveriss]

I perhaps gave up too easily on universal oil, I went down the local agri shop and he looked at me like I was mental as I tried to explain what I was after - but it could have been lost in translation. Anything remotely specialist is very very expensive here anyway, so bog standard mineral engine oil sits well with me!