Hi Everyone,
I'm a new owner of a JD2210 with FEL and 62" mid-mower
with a couple of questions...
Since the tractor is new (< 3 weeks and < 8
hours) I am not yet familiar with "normal" tractor
noises and performance so I need some help with determining
baseline operations.
The other day I removed and re-attached the FEL for the first
time. I wanted to mow an acre of our property and didn't want
the annoyance of continually watching out for the FEL.
When I was re-attaching the FEL, I ran into problems
connecting the yellow hydraulic line. It would not
go into the coupler, all the other lines went in like
butter and the yellow coupler would accept any of the
other lines as well - so the problem was with the yellow
hydraulic hose on the FEL.
On closer inspection I discovered that the nipple at the
end of hydraulic line on all the other hoses could be moved
if pressed lightly, the yellow hose would not budge so somehow
the line had become pressurized. Eventually I tapped the nipple
with the plastic end of a screwdriver which resulted in the
emission of a cloud of hydraulic fluid and with a few more
taps the line was relieved of pressure. I could then connect
all the hoses up to the tractor with no difficulty.
Question 1: Is it normal that a hydraulic line can become
pressurized (I manipulated the SVC lever well before
removing the FEL)?
Question 2: Is tapping the nipple at the end of the hydraulic
hose a suitable way to relieve pressure?
Now that everything is back together I'm noticing a hydraulic
hiss coming from the SVC when I lower the FEL by moving the SVC
lever more than half way. I'm not sure if this is normal or if I
got air in the system.
Lifting the FEL, curling the bucket up/down and lowering the FEL
(with the lever less than half way) does not produce any noises.
I'm not sure if this is a problem or not as I can't remember noticing
this noise before -- I'm usually pretty good at making mental notes of
noises. The FEL does not appear to be down on power lifting or lowering
as it lifts the trackor front wheels easily.
Question 3: Is it normal to get some hydraulic hissing from the
SVC when lowering the FEL quickly? (not floating)
I'm just trying to get a baseline for "normal".
OT: I am amazed at the engineering of the FEL -- it took less than
5 minutes to take the FEL off and it would have taken less time
if I wasn't stopping occasionally because I thought it was too easy,
thinking: "I must be missing something". /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I'll follow-up with the JD dealer next week but I want to find out if
I may be causing damage by using the FEL.
Thanks,
Tony
I'm a new owner of a JD2210 with FEL and 62" mid-mower
with a couple of questions...
Since the tractor is new (< 3 weeks and < 8
hours) I am not yet familiar with "normal" tractor
noises and performance so I need some help with determining
baseline operations.
The other day I removed and re-attached the FEL for the first
time. I wanted to mow an acre of our property and didn't want
the annoyance of continually watching out for the FEL.
When I was re-attaching the FEL, I ran into problems
connecting the yellow hydraulic line. It would not
go into the coupler, all the other lines went in like
butter and the yellow coupler would accept any of the
other lines as well - so the problem was with the yellow
hydraulic hose on the FEL.
On closer inspection I discovered that the nipple at the
end of hydraulic line on all the other hoses could be moved
if pressed lightly, the yellow hose would not budge so somehow
the line had become pressurized. Eventually I tapped the nipple
with the plastic end of a screwdriver which resulted in the
emission of a cloud of hydraulic fluid and with a few more
taps the line was relieved of pressure. I could then connect
all the hoses up to the tractor with no difficulty.
Question 1: Is it normal that a hydraulic line can become
pressurized (I manipulated the SVC lever well before
removing the FEL)?
Question 2: Is tapping the nipple at the end of the hydraulic
hose a suitable way to relieve pressure?
Now that everything is back together I'm noticing a hydraulic
hiss coming from the SVC when I lower the FEL by moving the SVC
lever more than half way. I'm not sure if this is normal or if I
got air in the system.
Lifting the FEL, curling the bucket up/down and lowering the FEL
(with the lever less than half way) does not produce any noises.
I'm not sure if this is a problem or not as I can't remember noticing
this noise before -- I'm usually pretty good at making mental notes of
noises. The FEL does not appear to be down on power lifting or lowering
as it lifts the trackor front wheels easily.
Question 3: Is it normal to get some hydraulic hissing from the
SVC when lowering the FEL quickly? (not floating)
I'm just trying to get a baseline for "normal".
OT: I am amazed at the engineering of the FEL -- it took less than
5 minutes to take the FEL off and it would have taken less time
if I wasn't stopping occasionally because I thought it was too easy,
thinking: "I must be missing something". /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I'll follow-up with the JD dealer next week but I want to find out if
I may be causing damage by using the FEL.
Thanks,
Tony