Beaverplt
Bronze Member
I've started threads about my issues with the hydraulics on my L225 before. Each time, with your help, I think I've solved it. Alas, I easily fool myself.
I have an L225 with an FEL that is an occasional use tractor for us. Mostly spring and fall when working on mulching or cleaning up gardens. Over the past few years, the hydraulics will simply stop working. It has happened during use and on startup. Because weeks or sometimes months can go by without use, I've never been able to pin down what was happening when they fail. When I started documenting it, I've found a pattern. Each time it has happened in the past two years, the tractor is parked on a hill with the frontend uphill. When I get it to a level surface, everything will eventually work again. I check the trans hydraulic fluid level every time and it's never low. Considering I live on a hill, I would like to solve this problem.
Something I am wondering about. The hydraulic pump is slightly forward of the center of the tractor on the right side. When on a hill it is higher than the transmission. Could the pump be too small or too weak to pull fluid through and end up sucking air? Any thoughts are appreciated.
I have an L225 with an FEL that is an occasional use tractor for us. Mostly spring and fall when working on mulching or cleaning up gardens. Over the past few years, the hydraulics will simply stop working. It has happened during use and on startup. Because weeks or sometimes months can go by without use, I've never been able to pin down what was happening when they fail. When I started documenting it, I've found a pattern. Each time it has happened in the past two years, the tractor is parked on a hill with the frontend uphill. When I get it to a level surface, everything will eventually work again. I check the trans hydraulic fluid level every time and it's never low. Considering I live on a hill, I would like to solve this problem.
Something I am wondering about. The hydraulic pump is slightly forward of the center of the tractor on the right side. When on a hill it is higher than the transmission. Could the pump be too small or too weak to pull fluid through and end up sucking air? Any thoughts are appreciated.