OLD Rototiller Gearbox lube oil question ??

[rustyedge1 169]

A friend of mine brought this old tiller down for me to use this spring and it doesn't  have a drop of gear oil in the box.

All I have handy is 90 weight gear oil & some 80 weight hydraulic oil.

I would like to top it off prior to use and was wondering what type I should use and if the 90 weight would do.

Any help appreciated. Looks like it might leak a bit. 

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Cant go wrong with 90w.

 

[squonk 41,038]

A lot of those old tanks used some kind of grease. I put 90w in an old Wizard tiller my Grandfather had and half of it leaked out thru the gaskets. Ariens and Oregon sells a 00 grease for their snowblower gear boxes. That's what I would use if it were my tiller.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Oregon-4049H-00-Grease/dp/B0018U0A4C/ref=asc_df_B0018U0A4C/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167146984279&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12263711158379401854&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005158&hvtargid=pla-340483408204&psc=1

Edited April 3, 2021 by squonk

[Handy Don 12,163]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

A lot of those old tanks used some kind of grease. I put 90w in an old Wizard tiller my Grandfather had and half of it leaked out thru the gaskets. Ariens and Oregon sells a 00 grease for their snowblower gear boxes. That's what I would use if it were my tiller.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Oregon-4049H-00-Grease/dp/B0018U0A4C/ref=asc_df_B0018U0A4C/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167146984279&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12263711158379401854&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005158&hvtargid=pla-340483408204&psc=1

 

I agree. Ariens snowblower and Snapper rider both use the "00" grease. Not expensive, easy to inject.

[rustyedge1 169]

TSC has a Super S cotton picker OO spindle grease for 6.00 bucks a quart i've been looking at.. Seems the same .