Boy am i STUPID

meanmtn · Apr 2, 2009

WAS ADDING SOME 134 TO THE HYDRAULICS ON MY NH TC33D, NEEDED A FUNNEL TO GET IT IN SO I GRABBED ONE OFF THE SHELF WITH A HOSE ON IT. AT THE END OF THE RUBBER HOSE WAS A PLASTIC NIPPLE. (I THINK)ANYHOW HOSE WENT IN NIPPLE DID NOT COME OUT. DO I LEAVE IT IN THERE OR PULL IT APART TO GET IT OUT? I CANNOT SEE IT THRU THE FILL HOLE. WILL IT SINK TO THE BOTTOM,GET CHEWED UP BY THE GEARS OR WHAT? BIG JOB TO PULL THE REAR APART.BOY AM I STUPID.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 2, 2009

Plastic should float. Maybe a suction gun could suck it to where you can see it? They look kind of like a grease gun but have a hose to suck fluid out. Dave

meanmtn · Apr 2, 2009

i thought about that but i can't see it through the hole.

paul · Apr 2, 2009

You are not alone. Last day of plowing with the big tractor, put hyd fluid in the rear end, and the clear plastic tube busted off & fell in the rear end.

I'm struggling with the same thoughts, but I think I will leave it in. But still thinking.

--->Paul

Ed n Northern Va · Apr 2, 2009

The end of one of those funnel hoses has been bouncing around in my B&S motor on my ladder hoist. Hsn't been a problem yet (6 mos. & counting).

showcrop · Apr 2, 2009

I've never had plastic float for me in fuel.

RobMD · Apr 2, 2009

Hmm,... how big of a plastic thing are we talking? how soft was the hose? Probably would get all ground up and eventually make its way to the hydraulic filter prescreener.

meanmtn · Apr 2, 2009

the nipple was about 2 in long and around 3/4 around.

Doug in Illinois · Apr 2, 2009

My guess is it was the red plastic plug. That is a hard plastic, IF it makes it to any gears no damage will be done. It will likely just kind of bounce off the gears, but even if not the gears are MANY times harder than the plastic.

Back when I was parts manager at a C-IH, the mechanics used to use rubber bands to hold small parts together during reassembly. Never had any issues even if one got "lost" in a housing. I see no need to worry. DOUG

Ultradog MN · Apr 2, 2009

More like careless I'd say. Just like me and probably most of us here at one time or another.
I would go to NAPA and tell them you need one of those magnets on a stick. Tell them you want the kind of magnet that will pick up plastic not metal. Then reach in with that and see if you can catch the plastic nipple.

JerryMT · Apr 2, 2009

Sounds like one of those things that we all do at one time or another.

Drain the fluid out into a clean containerand put a piece of screen over the container. It might come out of the drain hole or at least end up near the drain and you can remove it.

Oldmax · Apr 3, 2009

I belive I would pull top off Rearend and try to find it, if filler hole is on back of rearend like my Ford/New Holland "1715". I had mine apart last year. Don't feel bad I have done worse things than that like drop a screw down an intake on a car. Ended up pulling heads to get out. But I wouldn't tell on myself at all.

Mike M · Apr 3, 2009

If it were me I'd start by draining all the fluid out and see if you can find it in the bottom. Alot of tractors have a suction sreen assy. you can remove and this may give you a larger hole to fish through.
Maybe even try flushing with some diesel too ?

I don't like the idea of leaving anything in there. That thing could float around and get wedged in some gears or something ?

steve n carol · Apr 3, 2009

Just been to the CHN website checking out diagrams of your machine. There are several models. Might I suggest you visit this site and go through the available diagrams. On one it looks like a plate comes off of the side of the case and perhaps you may be able to recover the plastic part from there. You have your tractor available so you will be able to best see what you can access.

In looking, there are valves etc in the mix. I don't think you want to chance grinding it up. If you have ground it up already.... the system should have a filter or screen in place to catch foriegn objects. When you drain the fluid, perhaps you can 'back blow' the 'suction side' and dislidge the mess from your screen/filter....sl

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