Recent content by peahauler

I got my parts from the machine shop today and he did a good job on them, the picture is of one of the new glands he made. The first thing I did was made sure everything was spotless and then lubed up the cylinder housing and packings with hydraulic oil, then I secured the ram to my rear blade...

My packings came today but when I went to put the cylinders back together I noticed that the gland that the top packing fits into was cracked, I checked the other one and it is also cracked. I went to the dealership and Ford no longer services these, a fancy way of saying they can no longer get...

I am still waiting on the parts to repack my cylinders. The new hydraulic oil filter for the loader arrived today and I put it in. An old timer told me once that when you buy a new piece of machinery to make sure and replace all the filters because the paper element will break down over time...

I got tired of waiting for an answer so I hooked it between a tree and my truck and gave it a quick jerk. I put a hitch pin in each hole and wrapped a chain around the pins. If anyone else has one of these there are no snap rings, just remove the threaded cap and give it a tug. Thanks, Randy

I am not sure how to put pictures on here, I will give it a try. I tried pushing down on what appears to be a thick felt or composite washer, it will not move. As you can see in the center picture i tried to get the washer or whatever it is out, you can see where I picked at it. The pics...

Hi there, I am new to this site and I have a question about rebuilding a lift cylinder on a 730 ford loader. I have removed the cylinder from the loader and unscrewed the cap at the top of the cylinder using a 2" wrench. I put compressed air in the cylinder to force it out but it comes to the...