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ZANE 10-27-2012 17:45:50 98.83.22.30 Report to Moderator	Bad cylinder or hose. I've seen hoses have the inside lining collapse and completely restrict the flow of oil. But if you can't move the cylinder with both hoses off it's got to be the cylinder Zane [Reply]   [No Email]
ARCO petee 10-27-2012 18:04:30 71.32.188.145 Report to Moderator	Re: Whining spool valve. in reply to ZANE, 10-27-2012 17:45:50   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see This is exactly the reason I pulled the lines off. My dad had a suburban years ago that if the brakes were used moderately the steering wheel would take all the shoulder strength a guy could muster to hold course. Took a long d Darn time to figure out that one of the front break hoses had seperated internally. It was like a new truck with new hoses. If I had not pulled the rod with all my might I would have a fresh set of hoses on now. I appreciate all the thoughts and hints guys I'm green on engines and barely a sprout with hydraulics. [Reply]  [No Email]
ZANE 10-28-2012 07:22:31 98.83.100.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Whining spool valve. in reply to ARCO petee, 10-27-2012 18:04:30   This really has nothing to do with your problem, but a couple of weeks ago I was putting a really old big Ford loader on a friends 3000 Ford tractor and one of the bucket cylinders had the hoses off for years and water had collected in it and lived there for years so I decided to take it apart to see if I could free it up and hone it etc and save a lot of money for my friend. I decided to tie it to a big poplar tree with my big 3/8" logging chain and use my old Ford F600 with it's 10,000 pound winch to pull it apart after the end cap was removed. On the first try the old 5/8" cable on the winch parted. I cut off about 10' and then with two heavy snatch blocks I started pulling on the cylinder again and the truck started moving, dragging the chained chocks along with about 6" of sod and dirt. I then tied the heavy pipe front bumper to a Pecan tree about 1' in diameter and started pulling again with the three part cable set up. The rod moved out about an inch and when it did lots of the leaves of the Pecan tree fell off and rained down on the front of the truck. Gritted my teeth and let it keep on pulling. My dog Hobo was behind the big Poplar tree watching me when with a loud bang my 3/8" log chain broke and swung around the tree almost hitting Hobo. He was a blurr going around the shed last time I saw him that day! The cylinder is lying on the ground beside my shop and one day I am going to try it again and use a Rose budd while pulling to see if can get it apart. If I had some Nitroglycerin I'd pour some in the port and set it off with a remote device with it about a mile away with it burried in a hole about 10' deep and see if that would get it apart???? I bought a cheap cylinder from Surplus center and finally got the loader fixed and delivered. I made $250 for about a weeks work. I'm doing good! Hope you have better luck with your cylinder. Zane [Reply]  [No Email]
ARCO petee 10-28-2012 14:15:40 216.161.135.14 Report to Moderator	Re: Whining spool valve. in reply to ZANE, 10-28-2012 07:22:31   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Great story, I went mostly the same way. I had just drained the cylinder and didn't want to fill it again since it made a mess the first time. I hooked it to the loader and chained it to my Chevy van. Nearly pulled the ford all the way down the driveway with the park brake on in 1 st gear and the back blade down. Eventually I got the cou [Reply]  [No Email]
ARCO petee 10-28-2012 16:08:46 65.102.111.219 Report to Moderator	Re: Whining spool valve. in reply to ARCO petee, 10-28-2012 14:15:40   Darn phone Any way I got the couple inches I needed to pop the ram apart. The rod was kinked and the cylinder was worn hugely. A testiment to the power of hydraulics. [Reply]  [No Email]