FEL control valve on YM1900

[Gary Sweat]

Looking good! I don't think your arms are any closer than my bulldog loader arms. It has tubing with short hoses coming off for joy stick and cylinders. Not near as neat as I have seen on other tractors but it's ok.

My biggest problems have been from making it convenient for me and strength at the points I thought it needed. The joystick is mounted 50 degrees to the upright arm and that has caused problems getting the hoses to flex without stretching the hose or stressing the connectors. It would have been much easier to put hoses on if the joystick had been straight up or horizontal but more of a stretch for my arm to operate.

The other is the sharp angle of the arms. I wanted to use this mostly for scraping and cutting down high spots around my place and thought the greater the angle the less stress on the arms. Problem is, it caused me to have to reverse the bottom cylinders to get the connectors to clear at the extreme up or down position. I may have to eventually settle for swivel connectors to clean up the routing. For now, I just want to get it going to see if it actually does what I hope it will.

If you have any photos of your loader, I would like to see them. Maybe I can get some ideas on how to make mine neater.

 

[winston1]

Here are some pictures. Not very good and as I stated, this installation is not all that neat. Might give you an idea or two anyway. Good luck to you.:thumbsup:

 

[Gary Sweat]

Here are some pictures. Not very good and as I stated, this installation is not all that neat. Might give you an idea or two anyway. Good luck to you.:thumbsup:

Thanks for the photos, they showed me some things I did wrong. I should have mounted the loader valve sideways like yours. Would have made putting the hoses on a lot easier. I will use them for reference this winter when I change the routing to a simpler and cleaner run. I can see also that I should have ordered 90 degree fittings for the pump lines. Maybe I can find them locally.

 

[deepNdirt]

Gary, here is the way Buhler rout their lines

 

[Gary Sweat]

Gary, here is the way Buhler rout their lines

Thanks for the photos. Between yours and Winston1's I have some ideas on how to get these lines finished. I see the loader valve is mounted horizontal. I probably should have done that instead of the 50 degree angle mine is set at. Would have made the hose bend radius work with shorter hoses.

I also like the line clamps they use. I've got some thin material that I think I can bend to the same shape. After wasting about 12' of steel line, I think I finally got the tubing bender figured out. When I get ready this winter to replace them, I'll have the lines and hoses made locally for me with different ends than what I'm using right now to clean it up.

The lines and hoses were the one thing I never gave much thought to when I decided to build the loader. Big mistake!

 

[Gary Sweat]

Yeee Hawww! The loader works! Still working on getting the air out of everything but it's getting better and so far, no leaks. That may change after it's been run a while but for now I'm happy. I'll put up some photos after I get through playing in the dirt.

 

[stormpetrel]

Nice!! Great job!!! )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

 

[Gary Sweat]

Here are some pics of the finished loader. Keep in mind this is my first (and last) attempt at building a loader. I plan on reworking the lines and hoses this winter but first I wanted to play with it to see what breaks or isn't right. I still have to machine the bucket pins for it to be complete.

I do have a question about the working pressure. The relief doesn't kick in until 2,200 lbs on the gauge. Since this loader isn't going to be used for heavy work, should I lower the pressure down on the loader valve and would there be any benefit? Don't have any leaks yet but it seems high for what I will be needing it for. I just stuck the gauge on it while I'm testing it. I really like the joystick valve. Very smooth and you can move the loader and bucket extremely slow if you want.

 

[winston1]

Never put a gauge on my loader relief valve but I have on my 2002d 3 point relief valve. Relief valve goes off on it at about 2100#. I would imagine your 1900 is pretty close to that. I wouldn't think your loader relief valve should be any higher than your 3 point relief valve. If you have a repair manual that setting is probably in it. Loader looks good!

 

[deepNdirt]

good job :thumbsup: would you mind sharing with us how much you have invested in the FEL you built? we all know these cost new 3k+ and if one is lucky as I was can pick up a good used one for half cost of a new one, although I haven't a clue as to how much it would cost to build one?