Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Something else goes wrong! What is with this Murphy guy anyway? Greased the cat all up and went to dig a big hole to pump water into. Cleared a small area of light bush and backed in to start digging. Everything was working GREAT... for 20 minutes. I looked down and saw a fine mist of hyd. fluid but couldn't tell which line it is coming from. Luckily I could pick everything and drive it out. I tried all the controls and couldn't see a leak anymore. Then I tried everything again and held the the controls against the relief valve for a couple seconds longer. The hose to pull the stick in on the backhoe blew a tiny pinhole.
Lifted the hoe up and drove the Cat back to where I had tools. The hose that sprung a leak had been replaced before and looked in great shape with none of the cover worn at all. It was Eastman Dayco hose rated for 4000 PSI. The machine is only 2500 PSI. Guess I won't buy Dayco hose again.
The only place I knew that might be open to get a hose was Princess Auto. They have good hose and it's relatively cheap compared to some other places. Went to the west end store that was closest but they were out of 1/2" hose. The guy said he could make a hose out of 3/8" but I said that wouldn't work on a backhoe. I asked if the south side store had 1/2" hose and he said they did, so off I went. I got the hose and some more kevlar sleeve to put over it but it was too late to back to my land and put it on. The new is the same ID but smaller OD. Oddly it is rated for 5000 PSI. So much for having a nice relaxing holiday Monday. I got to go put a hose on. Hopefully no more problems for a while.
Lifted the hoe up and drove the Cat back to where I had tools. The hose that sprung a leak had been replaced before and looked in great shape with none of the cover worn at all. It was Eastman Dayco hose rated for 4000 PSI. The machine is only 2500 PSI. Guess I won't buy Dayco hose again.
The only place I knew that might be open to get a hose was Princess Auto. They have good hose and it's relatively cheap compared to some other places. Went to the west end store that was closest but they were out of 1/2" hose. The guy said he could make a hose out of 3/8" but I said that wouldn't work on a backhoe. I asked if the south side store had 1/2" hose and he said they did, so off I went. I got the hose and some more kevlar sleeve to put over it but it was too late to back to my land and put it on. The new is the same ID but smaller OD. Oddly it is rated for 5000 PSI. So much for having a nice relaxing holiday Monday. I got to go put a hose on. Hopefully no more problems for a while.