Hyd guage blew up

old · Aug 23, 2012

I have had a hyd gauge on my 841 ford for decades. Well today I went to move a round bale out for the horses and now I guess the deer and the gauge blew up spraying me with hyd fluid from the top of my head to my waist. Sure was not fun and that stuff does not taste good. Sure was nice to have another gauge to put back on so I could keep using the tractor

Walt Davies · Aug 23, 2012

One time I was called on job that the compactor at the PX was not working. When I got there this guy came out stood behind the thing and said the door won't open. So I picked up the control hit the open button and the up hose was cut almost in half it sprayed that guy from top to bottom. For some reason he got mad at me. Wanted me to clean up the mess too. "Hey! I just fix things I don't do cleaning."
Walt

rrlund · Aug 23, 2012

Never had a guage blow up,but I know a guy who was coming back from Florida one spring and the sending unit blew apart just outside Atlanta. Ruined the engine. He had to rent a U-Haul and haul it home.

GRWilliams · Aug 23, 2012

I just commented to my brother a few days ago that the lens of the hydraulic pressure gauge on my Farmall 460 was cracking and weeping fluid. Brother joked about what a huge mess that would make of both the tractor and me if it decides to blow. Old, you just gave me the incentive to go buy a new gauge. Thanks!

Geoff W.
Independent AMSOIL Dealer

old · Aug 23, 2012

This one had no cracks in the lens but the needle had long since fell off so it did not work. All I was doing is lifting up a 6X6 round bale like I do off and on all the time. I spiked the bale and started to lift it and all at once a spray of hyd oil and the lens popped out in to a number of pieces and sure did not feel good since it hit me mid stomach

Anonymous-0 · Aug 23, 2012

Mine blew on the log splitter (didn't hit me) - I just put a plug in it. Like yours the guage didn't work anyways.

Paul from MI · Aug 23, 2012

You shouldn't need a full time gage on hydraulics. I would recommend a shut off valve ahead of the gage so it doesn't read all the time. Compared to an engine oil pressure gage that reads less than 100 psi and is designed for contiuos reaeing, hydraulic gages are in the 100-3000 psi range and aren't designed for continuous use.

old · Aug 24, 2012

As said it had been on there for well over 10 years and has been just fine till yesterday or the day before which ever day I posted. Back when I worked in a factory as a maintenance man we had many machines that had those gauges on them so the operator would know if it had problem and if he was doing it as it should be done and those ran 8-16 hours a day 5-6 days a week all year long

Ozlander · Aug 24, 2012

(quoted from post at 08:44:16 08/24/12) As said it had been on there for well over 10 years and has been just fine till yesterday or the day before which ever day I posted. Back when I worked in a factory as a maintenance man we had many machines that had those gauges on them so the operator would know if it had problem and if he was doing it as it should be done and those ran 8-16 hours a day 5-6 days a week all year long

But what good was it if the needle was long gone?
Put a plug in it till you get a new one. If you ever do.

old · Aug 24, 2012

As said I did install a new gauge the same day the other one blew out on me

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