A couple good online sources for hydraulic stuff are: http://www.discounthydraulichose.com/ http://www.surpluscenter.com/Hydraulics/ They also have good reference information on threads and connections.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curt Raymond via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 9:24 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [MBZ] OT: New toy update > > Took a couple hours on the new tractor yesterday. As a reminder the PO > suggested that the PTO clutch was blowing the fuse, he said he measured it at > 0 ohms.The hood was adjusted too far forward anyway so I pulled it off finding > only 2 of the 4 bolts that should be there. The PTO clutch showed > 3.5 ohms which is exactly in the middle of the 3-4 ohm range. I took a 12v > drill > battery and applied power and could hear the clutch engage. The little jumper > wires I had didn't get hot or show any sign of a short. There was a little > pigtail > on the wire coming from the switch, I disconnected that and hooked the wire > to the clutch, flip the switch and the clutch engaged as it should.Fire up the > tractor and the clutch engaged but no hydraulics. Turns out theres ANOTHER > clutch on the poorly mounted hydraulic pump. It looks like what happened > was the pigtail used to go to that clutch also, got torn off and grounded to > the > frame which caused the fuse to > pop.http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/IMG_20170305_ > 123418901_zps1vtqcsvq.jpg > > I ended up reworking the pigtail, it was assembled upside down. I'm not happy > with the routing but I just wanted to see if I could get the hydraulics to > function.http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/IMG_201703 > 05_145905672_zpsc9pg9bbs.jpg > > Success! Lift goes up and down, bucket rolls. Everything I suspected about the > hydraulic cylinders being too long is true, the lift arms are so long the > bucket > won't rest flat on the ground. 2" shorter cylinders would fix the problem. > I took a ride to Tractor Supply to buy some bolts since my local hardware > store > was closed. While there I looked at the hydraulic assortment and realized that > everything on the tractor is from Tractor Supply. So the builder just bought > stuff that was "close". So I'll be measuring and buying stuff thats right > instead. > Fortunately the rams all work so I should be able to sell them off to mitigate > the cost. > Used the loader to haul firewood, I'm not sure its any faster than just using > my > garden cart but I wanted it to warm up and see if there were any engine > troubles, there aren't other than the choke occasionally sets itself, the > tower > where the steering wheel is needs to come apart anyway, the bolster for the > steering shaft is boogered, shouldn't be hard to fix. > Anyway the positive news for the day is I took a $1200 not-working loader and > turned it into an $1800 mostly-working loader. Not bad for $1.00 worth of > connectors. > Pics for Rich: > http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/IMG_20170304_1732 > 56490_zpsosknsvew.jpghttp://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludw > ig/IMG_20170304_173251445_zpsdrn8uw3l.jpg > http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/IMG_20170304_1732 > 43355_zpsh8txmooi.jpg > > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
