You won't believe this! Why's oil look like MILK!!!

hey there folks this is josh stoney ridge farmer welcome back to another beautiful day here on the stoney ridge farm this is earl congratulations if you joined us from last week when we were working on earl we put the new exhaust system on earl partly new exhaust we put the new pipe on we changed earl's oil and we put a new steering wheel on earl now what we're going to be doing today our hydraulic fluid looks like this that is not correct let me put my hand up here so you can see it that's not correct it's milky so why would hydraulic fluid be milky post a comment down there guys come along today we're going to talk to you a little bit about this and we're going to show you the fix for an old tractor like this it's very common for the hydraulic fluid to get milky come along let's have some fun learn something together all right i ain't afraid of work i ain't afraid to play i ain't afraid to get the job done and do it my own damn way [Music] all right friends welcome back to the stoney ridge farm so this is earl earl attractor is a circa 1957-1962 model 65 it's got the continental gas engine in it but all the transmission and stuff is just about the same as the old massey ferguson 135s the 240s are all just about the same and they all have just about the same problem so we're going to go ahead and we're going to drain the hydraulic fluid out of here and you're going to see just how milky it is and the problem is something so very simple booties booties boots these rubber boots that's the problem okay so what we've got here is dry rotted cracked old rubber boots we'll go ahead and slip one of them off for you so this is the old rubber boot the old rubber boot this is the new rubber boot see a difference see what's happening water is plugging this guy up and the simple simple solution to this problem we might want to put a little bit of grease inside here too so we'll pump a few squirts of grease in with our grease gun got the grease in we're going to rub it in a little bit with our fingers get yourself a rag handy even having the grease on it's really really going to help so we're going to slip that on you want a little bit of grease in that right there on that end because it's got to slip over top of the shifter and you can see how tight that is compared to the old one where'd the old one go look at this it's not getting a seal that is a good seal that is a bad seal so we'll just slip this very simply right over top of the shift knob there are two shifters on this there's one that goes to high and low and start and then one for the gear selector so we'll go ahead and get that installed we'll get you a good close-up next thing we're gonna do is we're gonna go ahead and drain the hydraulic fluid there are two plugs there's one in the rear and there's one in the front okay so we'll fill from this area right here and we'll check our hydraulic fluid on the other side that is the source of your water 99 of the time and water is what's making it milky so let's get busy here what i'm using here is just a storage tote and i know this guy is on pretty tight so i'm gonna have to get in here with the impact there it goes just loosen it up wait till you see how nasty and milky this stuff is it looks bad definitely not prolonging the life and most of the water should be on the bottom so we should see water first and then milk oh look at that that is just look at that oh that's nasty okay this is magnetic on the tip and yeah there's a little bit of metal on there little metal flakies so now we're draining the rear and that's what the hydraulic fluid looks like in the rear gross dude all right guys here's what i got so i took both drain plugs out drained all the fluid here's what the uh the fluid looked like it was just milk just milky not so bad though uh no real rust or anything that that i could see everything looks really clean so the tractor is good to go i've got this awesome pump this is called a mcnaught uh five gallon bucket pump or bucket pump what is it bop bop uh and all you do is squeeze this trigger and it pumps in your hydraulic fluid super super handy this takes eight gallons eight full gallons of hydraulic fluid so all in all total in this repair i have about 120 bucks something like that stick around we're going to take you around the other side and i'll show you how to slip on a new shifter boot there are three points of entry for water you need to keep these old tractors in a shed if you possibly can the two points on the front there's also a little little knob right here where you i guess you hit the brake what is it it's i think it's pto shaft anyway there's a rubber boot on that critter back there and it also enters through the lift arms right here so keep your lift arms lubricated and that'll keep most of the water out these two boots need to be fresh and nice and that boot back there needs to be fresh and nice or just keep your tractor in a shed or they're going to get water and their transmission is going to turn into a milkshake not cool so on these tractors here is where you check your transmission fluid the dipstick has about had it right here however we can still see the dipstick and the dipstick is showing full so we're good to go awesome this normally will have a hook on it it goes right down in here some of the newer tractors have an adjuster right here that will adjust the speed at which the hydraulic system works here is our new shift boot we're going to take we've already took the grease gun we squirted a little grease in there we'll rub that grease around just a little bit and we'll remove the shift knob just unscrew this guy slip off our crusty old look at that nasty look at the new one let's compare the two you know you're getting water in through that big hole right there you just know it okay so toss that guy to the side wipe this one off a little bit and we'll slip this boot right over top of the shift knob perfect now we should not have water entering our transmission anymore you can also leave a bucket over top of both of these shifters and that will help too cool this is a once every five to ten year job right here that needs to be done on these old tractors this is probably the original rubber boots that we're on here the last thing we're gonna do is get rid of this crusty steering wheel that is actually dangerous to use pieces of the steering wheel are flaking off of the wheel so we've got a brand new fancy shiny uh steering wheel to go on this thing out of the old oh that came off way too easy oh fingers crossed this isn't a nail it might just be that simple i don't know [Music] don't want to damage this while i'm trying to take it out all right all the beating and banging i figured it out so i've got a pry bar underneath the steering wheel right here and i just tap the little keyway while i push with my elbow on the pry bar and magically i'm gonna drop this keyway i know i am ah it's tapered so that's what's making it there it is okay so the keyway isn't square it's like a half moon shape that got it off though bye now i know what to do if you need to replace the steering wheel in your tractor now you know what to do also so this little key way it rocks back and forth in here so you mash it i'll get you a close-up so this is the key way you take this keyway and it comes out it's a little half moon shaped keyway and you mash it into place right there and then your steering wheel has a taper in the uh in the hole right here so we'll line up the keyway with the notch right here in the steering wheel slip it over top and then the keyway rocks up into the steering wheel right just like that and then it sets in place okay guys so that's why you have milky transmission fluid in your tractor you've got some water in your transmission or in your hydraulic area that water will do some damage so if you've got that if you're going out and you're looking for a good used tractor always check take that little cap off and run your finger around in there after the tractors ran for a little bit and make sure that it's not really milky like that if it is really milky like that buyer beware that's all i can say keep these old tractors in a shed and you won't have to worry about that don't let them get wet don't let them get water in them but if you wash the tractor it's going to get water in it so keep everything greased and keep those rubber boots replaced if they go bad guys thanks a lot for joining me today that's why your hydraulic fluid or your transmission fluid in your tractor is milky okay hope you learned something hope you had some fun we'll see you next time on the stony ridge be sure you pound that like button jump in subscribe the channel i'd love to have you back we got some tilling to do yeah come on down [Music] that's the way it's supposed to be stoney red you