Brian60950
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Loader:
1. I don't know what brand it is. It's been on this old 2N Ford since my dad bought the farm it was parked on 11 years ago. Maybe somebody can identify it.
2. I has a question.
This loader's hydraulic oil reservoir is on the left side right under the control levers. It has a push/pull cylinder for bucket tilt but the main lift cylinders have power up, gravity down.
The cap for the reservoir was missing. It was sitting in an old wooden barn without a cap & the whole tractor was covered with dust & lead paint chips from the ceiling in that lean-to.
We passed a tow chain under the bucket & towed it 1/4 mile down the road to a shop that was going to weld up a crack in the engine block & get it running. The previous owner said it had sat in that barn for 8 years.
While it was parked at that shop ...outdoors, the wind blew the aluminum foil off the hydraulic oil tank & then it rained. They got it started but the loader hydraulics weren't working.
There's no drain for the loader's hydraulics so I just pulled the suction hose off the pump. The stuff that came out was white & foamy. There's no filter on that hydraulic system.
I got "universal tractor hydraulic oil" in a 5 gallon bucket & filled it up, and the hydraulics started working. I drained it after a while & it was white & foamy again.
I've lost track of how many times I've drained & replaced that hydraulic oil & it still comes out white & foamy even though I've kept water out of the system.
In cold weather, sometimes the loader won't work at all unless I pressurize the hydraulic oil tank.
Since the cap was missing for the oil filler tube, I un-screwed the filler tube from the top of the tank & made my own with some pipe fittings.
While I was at it, I drilled & tapped threads into the cap so I could plumb up a little air fitting. I have been hesitant to put much air pressure in there, usually I just use a 2 foot piece of hose & blow into it with my mouth & that usually does the trick, .. the air forces the oil down into the pump & it starts working.
Today that short piece of hose cracked & broke so I used the air hose off the compressor, just intending to put a little bit in & disconnect it. But being 6 degrees, my fingers weren't working right & I ended up putting a full 120 psi in there. I was holding the bucket lift lever at the time & it immediately started raising up about as fast as it does in the summer. I disconnected the air hose & it went back to being slow again, but at least it kept working so I could plow the driveway.
I'm wondering if anybody knows a better solution than pressurizing the side of the hydraulic system meant to be gravity-fed, and how to clean that whole system so it's always got good clean hydraulic oil in there.
*BTW, .. the ATV in the bucket, .. long story but it saved me from a long walk in deep snow last winter.
1. I don't know what brand it is. It's been on this old 2N Ford since my dad bought the farm it was parked on 11 years ago. Maybe somebody can identify it.
2. I has a question.
This loader's hydraulic oil reservoir is on the left side right under the control levers. It has a push/pull cylinder for bucket tilt but the main lift cylinders have power up, gravity down.
The cap for the reservoir was missing. It was sitting in an old wooden barn without a cap & the whole tractor was covered with dust & lead paint chips from the ceiling in that lean-to.
We passed a tow chain under the bucket & towed it 1/4 mile down the road to a shop that was going to weld up a crack in the engine block & get it running. The previous owner said it had sat in that barn for 8 years.
While it was parked at that shop ...outdoors, the wind blew the aluminum foil off the hydraulic oil tank & then it rained. They got it started but the loader hydraulics weren't working.
There's no drain for the loader's hydraulics so I just pulled the suction hose off the pump. The stuff that came out was white & foamy. There's no filter on that hydraulic system.
I got "universal tractor hydraulic oil" in a 5 gallon bucket & filled it up, and the hydraulics started working. I drained it after a while & it was white & foamy again.
I've lost track of how many times I've drained & replaced that hydraulic oil & it still comes out white & foamy even though I've kept water out of the system.
In cold weather, sometimes the loader won't work at all unless I pressurize the hydraulic oil tank.
Since the cap was missing for the oil filler tube, I un-screwed the filler tube from the top of the tank & made my own with some pipe fittings.
While I was at it, I drilled & tapped threads into the cap so I could plumb up a little air fitting. I have been hesitant to put much air pressure in there, usually I just use a 2 foot piece of hose & blow into it with my mouth & that usually does the trick, .. the air forces the oil down into the pump & it starts working.
Today that short piece of hose cracked & broke so I used the air hose off the compressor, just intending to put a little bit in & disconnect it. But being 6 degrees, my fingers weren't working right & I ended up putting a full 120 psi in there. I was holding the bucket lift lever at the time & it immediately started raising up about as fast as it does in the summer. I disconnected the air hose & it went back to being slow again, but at least it kept working so I could plow the driveway.
I'm wondering if anybody knows a better solution than pressurizing the side of the hydraulic system meant to be gravity-fed, and how to clean that whole system so it's always got good clean hydraulic oil in there.
*BTW, .. the ATV in the bucket, .. long story but it saved me from a long walk in deep snow last winter.