Hudson clutch fluid....

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
Okay, I got a real dumb question for all of you hudson folks....



I got two types of hudson clutch fluid.



the first is the kind from the club store in the white bottles



and the other is the kind in the clear bottles, with the retro hudson label



THe club store stuff has a purplish/blue tinge to it, while the stuff in the clear bottles looks like more like oil. My hudson seems to really prefer the stuff from the club store. THe other stuff makes my clutch chatter. Am I imagining things, or is there a difference in the two formulations?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I don't have a standard trans in either of my Hudsons but I would use the store formula if that makes the car run better.

    Just my opinion ( add $10 bucks and you can get a cup of coffee to go with it )

    Bob
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    If the clutch fluid from the Club Store is the one made by C & P Products of Maryland, then it uses the original 'recipe'. I'm not sure what the clear product was... was it this? http://i11.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/a3/94/d7_1_b.JPG (photo may not be visible after a week because it is from a current Ebay listing). From the label, I am assuming that this was sold by Full Line Products (a Hudson supplier) which, I understand, has suspended operations at least temporarily. I do not know what their 'recipe' was. I believe that Doug Wildrick (who rebuilds Hudson clutches and supplies clutch parts) has created his own version of Hudsonite, and that is available from him. Not sure what THAT 'recipe' is, either!
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Down Under we use Automatic Transmission oil and have done for about 20 years, the best one we have found is Dexron 2 or 3.

    I Have two Hudson's running with this oil and never had a problem, most of the HET members Down Under use the same ..
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    Les,

    I have often thought the same. Dexron has the right balance between friction coeficience and lubricity. (SP?). If it can take the heat of the clutches in some of these modern transmission clutches, It should work well on leather and cork. You just made up my mind to use it next change. I am sure there are those that don't want to experiment with an unknown, or might say. "If it worked in the fifties it's good enough for me". I think there have been some great advances in lubricants in those intervening years between then and now. Which remiinds me of the story of the guy that put STP in his Model T Ford differential. It worked so good he tried it in the engine! Not so good !!!

    Dave W. Fl.

    Dave W.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    The clear bottle fluid that I was talking about was the c & p stuff, which makes me further wonder then, if they make it for the club store and the stuff in the clear bottles, why does it look different?



    confused...



    thinking of trying dexron 2 or 3 next flush and fill....
  • shadetree
    shadetree Senior Contributor
    I'm for the dexron. I used it in my 51 commodore, replaced a good 262 at 50000 miles with a twin H 308 crate motor in 1956. Drove this car from 1956 til 1966 with dexron in the clutch, changed every 5000 miles, pulled my 16 foot Shasta travel trailer to the mountains several times at 65 mph in overdrive, 600 miles round trip. 11 mpg with trailer and 18 mpg without trailer, never a clutch problem. The trailer always had a load of camping supplys and in the car were 4 adults and 4 children. Not many cars you would want to try that in now. 1956 i sold this car to my brother and was still a good car. The automatic transmission fluid worked for me.
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