I feel obligated to post a picture of the old girl. Messed with it today and I think I have the valve seated but am not sure. It wiggled around a bunch when i backed out the threaded cylinder all the way to clean the threads.
First post here but have learned a lot from these forums so have to say thank you! I will try and make a long story short...
I have a very nice NAA with vane pump that wouldn't lift a heavy load and had a leakdown issue. Hydraulics seemed to work fine other than this. They were responsive...