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Anyone running hydraulic fluid in their trans instead of atf?
Most hydraulic fluids lack the friction modifiers of ATF which could lead to some very rough shifting. ATF is cheap enough to find, IMHO I would just run that.
Quick story...promise.
I was delivering 8 buckets of hyd oil to my uncle 40 miles in the woods, because a hose on the excavator blew. Just so happened that my 86 ranger puked all the trans fluid out at around mile 30. I had a funnel and plenty of hyd oil, and sure did t want to walk.
The transmission was never better. It immediately shifted better and smoother. It never gave me another issue for the 60k I drove it. I'd use it again in something if I had to...