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I have been running my splitter with a single spool open center valve for for 6 months with no problems...I built a log lift and replaced the single with a two spool open center valve and plumbed the two cylinders accordingly...
I am currently running the system off the auxiliary lines of a Ditch Witch...I am using two 20' 1/2" hoses to power the splitter etc...
Before I started the D.W. for the first time with the new valve/log lift...it raised the lift but then stopped...the cylinder would not move in either direction...likewise with the splitter cylinder...it is like the system is locked up...activating either of the spools the cylinders move a fraction and stop...and not necessarily in the direction they are supposed to according to the way the valve is engaged...
The new (log lift) cylinder was completely empty of fluid when I first started the D.W...I was able to get a lot of foamy air/fluid out by cracking the lines but the same issue remains...
I hooked up the new cylinder to my K_ubota and log lift works perfectly...
I am thinking that it (hopefully) just has to do with the 20' lines from the D.W....Is it possible that there is some air trapped causing the described problem???
I have removed the new valve and tested it to be sure it is working correctly...I'm at a loss...
I am currently running the system off the auxiliary lines of a Ditch Witch...I am using two 20' 1/2" hoses to power the splitter etc...
Before I started the D.W. for the first time with the new valve/log lift...it raised the lift but then stopped...the cylinder would not move in either direction...likewise with the splitter cylinder...it is like the system is locked up...activating either of the spools the cylinders move a fraction and stop...and not necessarily in the direction they are supposed to according to the way the valve is engaged...
The new (log lift) cylinder was completely empty of fluid when I first started the D.W...I was able to get a lot of foamy air/fluid out by cracking the lines but the same issue remains...
I hooked up the new cylinder to my K_ubota and log lift works perfectly...
I am thinking that it (hopefully) just has to do with the 20' lines from the D.W....Is it possible that there is some air trapped causing the described problem???
I have removed the new valve and tested it to be sure it is working correctly...I'm at a loss...