Hydraulics in a 240-U

Posted by Jerry in WA on June 04, 2004 at 08:58:27 from (67.136.130.171):

I read the posts from Kraig & Ibby regarding the hydraulic problems they were experiencing, and some of this may apply to me also, so please forgive me if this seems redundant.

My 240-U is equipped with the hydra-touch 3-point as well as a front bucket/loader. When I purchased this tractor I knew it had a bad hose coming from the pump manifold to the control valve body, and I took it down and had a new one made for it. There is a small drip/leak that will empty the resevoir over time, (it took all winter) which I believe is coming from the front seal.

My problem is this. According to the shop manual, the resevoir takes 19 quarts of oil. I put in 5 gallons of oil, and nothing happens when I cycle the hydra-touch controls to purge the system. Looking down into the resevoir it seems to be about half full. The manual makes two different references of refill procedures One says you refll to the side plug on the resevoir which I couldn't find, and the other say to refill the resevoir to within 1/2 inch of the fill plug. If I do the later, its going to take somewhere in the neighborhood of 7-8 gallons of oil total, which is well over the reccomended 19 quarts. Should I go ahead an fill the resevoir to the top like the manual suggests?

I also noticed that when I checked the strainer screen on the right side of the control valve, that I too had milky white oil. I was wondering if this was caused by the air and moisture getting into the system from the broken hose I replaced?

One side note too, is this has a rebuilt Hydraulic pump that was put on a couple of months before it was parked, so I am thinking that I shouldn't have pump problems. According to the previous owner the system was working when he parked it, and the only major problem was the broken hose.

If anyone has some words of wisdome for me, I could sure use it. I am at a total loss when it comes to hydraulics. Thanks in advance guys.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Hydraulics in a 240-U Ibby 04:13:45 06/05/04 (0)
• Re: Hydraulics in a 240-U Joe Evans 13:26:21 06/04/04 (0)
• Re: Hydraulics in a 240-U Slowpoke 10:30:44 06/04/04 (2)
  • Re: Re: Hydraulics in a 240-U Jerry in WA 11:31:57 06/04/04 (1)
    • Re: Re: Re: Hydraulics in a 240-U Slowpoke 13:19:31 06/04/04 (0)

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