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Recent content by Skidder

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    Hydraulic problem

    I found out why the valve is not working properly. Someone was messing with it before I got it. There is a few things that I found that are not right. The housing cover on the bottom side of the valve(the housing that covers the centering spring)is not the right one. The housings on the other...
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    Hydraulic problem

    I never noticed any looseness in the neutral postition, I'll pay more attention to that when I get at it later today. Hendrik it is a simple circuit, only the bucket cylinder plumbed into that valve. I hope it would be a broken spring, I'll find out later today. Thanks Skidder
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    Hydraulic problem

    Hey ATCOEQUIP thanks for the response. Yes you are reading my problem correctly and yes MF hydraulic system is not much different than other systems. If I hold the bucket valve in neutral none of the other(5) valves move on their own. It does not take much pressure to hold the valve in neutral...
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    Hydraulic problem

    Great site. I just bought a 1988 MF 60H, it looks to be in good shape, but needs some TLC. A problem that I'm having with the backhoe is, with the control valves in neutral I rev the engine to max, the spool in the control valve for the bucket will move by itself to either open or close the...
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    Hay Loading

    Looks to be a lot a truck for a single drive axle
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    Organic farming

    Thanks for the links
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    hydraulic cylinders

    Hi truecountry, here is how I put the packing on a piston. I start the seal in by hand, I take a small screwdriver with a round shank. I lay the screwdriver on the side of the piston,under the seal. The screwdriver is covering the seal groove, I push the seal in by hand as I work the screwdriver...
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