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Yesterday I noticed that my hydraulic fluid resivoir was what appeared to be empty. I had no signs of leaks etc, and I could have sworn it was full the other day. I have it parked on a concrete slab under roof, so any signs of leaking are visible so I just chalked it up to one of those things, but decided I wold wait until I got some fluid to top it off before I used it, just to be on the safe side.
Well today the wife had a doctors appointment, and I asked her to drop by the JD dealer and pickup a gallon of the HyGard Low Viscosity J20D fluid. She comes back and plops a gal container on the shops workbench and goes in the house. I top off the resivoir, and it took less than 3 ounces. Evidently the fluid level was just at the top of the black hose conneciton and yuou could not see it. On top of that The deck was down and the wheels were turned, which I found out later makes this resivoir to fluctuate quite a bit, so it was well within spec before I topped it off. So I go back in the ouse and tell her thanks for picking up the fluid, and she replies, Well you should be. That stuff must be made of gold. The price for a gallon of the stuff was $24.95 plus tax! Greata day in the morning. This is from the same dealer that refused to sell me a hydraulic and transmission filter, and states they hardly ever change them anyhow as they never go bad and it always causes problems if a customer changes them........I decided to look and see on the internet if any JD dealers had a list price on this fluid online. I google search revealed that it is the same spec as Chevron THF-W, or Ford ESN-M2C134 A/B/C/D
or Ford New Holland FNHA-2-C-201
Hmmmmmmm, that Ford number rings a bell. Off to the barn I go, and sure enough I have a full 5 gallon pail of the same stuff made by Ford, and it only cost me $21.00 for that bucket of fluid about 4 months ago. I call the Distributor in town that sells Chevron Products. A 5 gal bucket of THF-W only costs $19.70 per pail. Nothing like making a $20.00 profit on what only costs $4.00 a gala to begin with. From here on out, I swear I will never set foot in that dealership again, and I don't care how bad I may need an item. I will travel the 50 miles to the dealer i bought the tractor from in the first place. Don't care if its only a 50 cent item. The local dealer has lost any future business from me.
Well today the wife had a doctors appointment, and I asked her to drop by the JD dealer and pickup a gallon of the HyGard Low Viscosity J20D fluid. She comes back and plops a gal container on the shops workbench and goes in the house. I top off the resivoir, and it took less than 3 ounces. Evidently the fluid level was just at the top of the black hose conneciton and yuou could not see it. On top of that The deck was down and the wheels were turned, which I found out later makes this resivoir to fluctuate quite a bit, so it was well within spec before I topped it off. So I go back in the ouse and tell her thanks for picking up the fluid, and she replies, Well you should be. That stuff must be made of gold. The price for a gallon of the stuff was $24.95 plus tax! Greata day in the morning. This is from the same dealer that refused to sell me a hydraulic and transmission filter, and states they hardly ever change them anyhow as they never go bad and it always causes problems if a customer changes them........I decided to look and see on the internet if any JD dealers had a list price on this fluid online. I google search revealed that it is the same spec as Chevron THF-W, or Ford ESN-M2C134 A/B/C/D
or Ford New Holland FNHA-2-C-201
Hmmmmmmm, that Ford number rings a bell. Off to the barn I go, and sure enough I have a full 5 gallon pail of the same stuff made by Ford, and it only cost me $21.00 for that bucket of fluid about 4 months ago. I call the Distributor in town that sells Chevron Products. A 5 gal bucket of THF-W only costs $19.70 per pail. Nothing like making a $20.00 profit on what only costs $4.00 a gala to begin with. From here on out, I swear I will never set foot in that dealership again, and I don't care how bad I may need an item. I will travel the 50 miles to the dealer i bought the tractor from in the first place. Don't care if its only a 50 cent item. The local dealer has lost any future business from me.