Picked up awesome Dynahoe 4x4 Loader/Backhoe, has 453 Detroit Diesel, early eighties, late seventies.
It seems the best oil out there for it is the Delo 100 straight 40 weight (nice low sulfated ash), but I happened to find SAE 40 HD oil at the local Tractor Supply and was wondering thoughts on using it.
One issue I have is that the only spec on the container is API Service SN which I know stands for 'Spark/service' or gas vs the C (Compression/Commercial) which I would like to see.
Maybe I should try to contact Traveler and see if they will provide some real specs, or maybe someone here has some more info about this oil.
It says HD, which would make me want to think shear and soot should be ok, but still I'm weary to put it in with only API SN.
[img:center]http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2flzCEcNlMMcl91TEdmN0EzNUk/view?usp=sharing[/img]
[img:center]http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2flzCEcNlMMdTU1LW1EaGR1bjg/view?usp=sharing[/img]
[img:center]http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2flzCEcNlMMbUtjT0JJQV9oeDg/view?usp=sharing[/img]
Found this post, not sure of the final answer though.
http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=3260.0
This is link to TSC
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/travellerreg%3B-heavy-duty-sae40-5-gal
Link to TSC SAE 40
It seems the best oil out there for it is the Delo 100 straight 40 weight (nice low sulfated ash), but I happened to find SAE 40 HD oil at the local Tractor Supply and was wondering thoughts on using it.
One issue I have is that the only spec on the container is API Service SN which I know stands for 'Spark/service' or gas vs the C (Compression/Commercial) which I would like to see.
Maybe I should try to contact Traveler and see if they will provide some real specs, or maybe someone here has some more info about this oil.
It says HD, which would make me want to think shear and soot should be ok, but still I'm weary to put it in with only API SN.
[img:center]http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2flzCEcNlMMcl91TEdmN0EzNUk/view?usp=sharing[/img]
[img:center]http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2flzCEcNlMMdTU1LW1EaGR1bjg/view?usp=sharing[/img]
[img:center]http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2flzCEcNlMMbUtjT0JJQV9oeDg/view?usp=sharing[/img]
Found this post, not sure of the final answer though.
http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=3260.0
This is link to TSC
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/travellerreg%3B-heavy-duty-sae40-5-gal
Link to TSC SAE 40
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