rdandersom
Member
I posted this a while ago on the Ferguson board but it didn't get much interest so I am trying it here.I have a 1950 TEA 20. The hydraulic
system operates like a 9N. The lift arms wouldn't drop when I got it and I assumed the control valve was stuck. After cleaning the rear end
and putting in new oil after getting the valve free it still is no better. Someone suggested moving the control quadrant but that didn't
help. The engine isn't running just now so I am pumping the hydraulics by spinning the PTO. One day while playing with the hydraulics I
grabbed the top link rocker to pull myself up. The rocker moved and the arms started dropping. A closer look and I realized the big spring
can turn. So should my next step be to get some penetrating oil on the threads and turn the top link casting onto the rod tighter? I am
beginning to think that someone with no mechanical talent has played with it. The previous owner had it at the back of a shed for several
years and he mentioned that his son tinkered with it to get it running.
system operates like a 9N. The lift arms wouldn't drop when I got it and I assumed the control valve was stuck. After cleaning the rear end
and putting in new oil after getting the valve free it still is no better. Someone suggested moving the control quadrant but that didn't
help. The engine isn't running just now so I am pumping the hydraulics by spinning the PTO. One day while playing with the hydraulics I
grabbed the top link rocker to pull myself up. The rocker moved and the arms started dropping. A closer look and I realized the big spring
can turn. So should my next step be to get some penetrating oil on the threads and turn the top link casting onto the rod tighter? I am
beginning to think that someone with no mechanical talent has played with it. The previous owner had it at the back of a shed for several
years and he mentioned that his son tinkered with it to get it running.