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Deere Oliver Farm 11-05-2009 19:25:03 75.105.0.52 342226 Report to Moderator	OK somewhere along the way I bought this 55 gallon drum of worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil. I broke the unopened seal on the barrel and pumped some out. This stuff is dark brown, and thick and heavy as it gets. I want to use it in the transmissions on my early JD 2 cylinder tractors---like the model D and AO. Any thoughts? I mean what harm can happen? It's not like I farm with these tractors. [Reply]   [Send Email]
point3dave 11-06-2009 06:42:11 216.188.208.3 342274 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Deere Oliver Farm, 11-05-2009 19:25:03   I work at Case salvage yard, and we saved 2 gallons of this 600w out of a 1920s case, we use it to coat our cranks and cam bearing surfaces its gooey. Dave   [Reply]   [No Email]
WeirdDeere 11-06-2009 02:11:36 208.93.187.224 342249 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Deere Oliver Farm, 11-05-2009 19:25:03   The D manual actually advises against this, it even directly mentions not to use steam cylinder oil! It's just plain too thick to work well, and I doubt it'd flow into bearings very well. Brandon   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Wilamayb 11-05-2009 21:39:15 66.168.153.82 342243 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Deere Oliver Farm, 11-05-2009 19:25:03   I guess it would work in the steering box of a two cylinder, but I might stick to gearlube for the transmission. I think the other poster has a good plan to sell it to a steam gooru and buy yourself some good gear lube.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Will P 11-05-2009 20:52:58 67.53.144.50 342238 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Deere Oliver Farm, 11-05-2009 19:25:03   Read this. Pretty good. link   [Reply]   [No Email]
Kurt_JDB 11-06-2009 04:57:22 74.167.224.109 342258 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Will P, 11-05-2009 20:52:58   That really was a good read. Thanks for the link! Kurt   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Will P 11-06-2009 12:46:16 67.53.144.50 342308 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Kurt_JDB, 11-06-2009 04:57:22   Thanks!!! To tell you the truth, until I found that link, I had NO clue what that oil was. I learned something too. Will   [Reply]   [No Email]
Alte Fahrt 11-05-2009 19:42:43 99.149.231.59 342229 Report to Moderator	Re: Worm gear lubricant/steam cylinder oil in JD tranny in reply to Deere Oliver Farm, 11-05-2009 19:25:03   Being an optimist, I would suspect that that it was designed for a steam engine, i.e some affinity for water. The last thing I would leave in a tranny for the next 20 years. Some steam fan (WMSTR) would probably pay real money for it and you could buy some 140 wt. Thats my top of the head opinion, I have no basis in fact.   [Reply]   [No Email]