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Alright, so I do have some resolution on this. I got it all figured out back in January, but have been a bit busy. So I called up Terry. He recommended I remove the pump (again!) and send it back to them. Upon receipt Terry confirmed that the pump was rebuilt / reassembled incorrectly. There...

As an update to everyone. I did some more investigation this weekend. Eventually I decided to pull the pump and set it on my workbench. I filled it with oil. About 10 minutes later oil started seeping from the "crack" (aka the place where the pump housing is separated). I am pretty frustrated...

So Power Trac is closed for the week. I will update this post next week after I talk to Terry. I am going to inspect is further this weekend, if I find anything new I will update.

Yes, to me that is part of the tram pump. Now I feel like that should all be sealed up, but I'm not entirely certain..... The smaller pumps connected further back (that each have a hose on the left and the right) are working fine.

I just added a new photo. If you click then click again (to zoom) I think it becomes more obvious...

Do you see the open gap at the top of the "after" pictures. Notice how at corner the gap closes, but on both sides of it, the gap is open? I believe that gap is showing me the internals of the pump. AKA that gap is not supposed to be there and beyond being totally screwed up, is not allowing...

I spent half the weekend driving around town to find a new battery. Turns out a "group 45" is rare. But a Group 51 is close. To answer your question, yes I fixed that :).

I am not sure what a charge pump is, but if you are asking if I am literally missing a hydraulic pump of some type, No is the answer to that. All of the pumps that came with the tractor are on there, nothing removed.

I did not, but I did change the oil filter and primed that. Do you think even after running it for ~5 minutes that there would be some type of air bubble in there still? Edit: Terry told me to remove the top hose and fill the pump, which I did. So the pump is full AND the filter is full. I...

So some of you are aware that I have recently sent the Pump on my PT-180 back in to get serviced. I got it back and was finally able to get up to my property this weekend to put the reman pump back in. A couple hours later and I'm having some issues. Pump is back in, all hoses are connected...

So I just got my pump back from Power Trac today. Unfortunately I won't be back near the tractor for another week or two. Terry called me Monday, he indicated that the "valve was lifting", or something like that. So I guess the valve plate or something? I asked how it happened, he basically...

Well just an update for everyone. I took the pump out last night. It was a lot easier than I anticipated. I ended up leave the main (tram?) pump connected to the two smaller pumps. It was hard to get a wrench in there and I was worried about forward and backward play if it was even possible to...

I do have a schematic. Basically there are wheel motors, the treadle and the pump and the filter. nothing else of note (as far as I can tell).

Thanks for the heads up. Just ordered a JIC 04 06 08 10 12 14 cap and plug kit from Amazon. Tractor is in a rural-ish location, I might end up spending half a day tracking those down, which wouldn't be fun.

Terry recommended I cap all the lines. I am hoping the local tractor supply store just has them in stock.

Yep. My current plan is to tear it down and if that lovejoy connector looks good, ship the pump off to him for a rebuild.

I will give this a test this weekend before I tear it apart.

So forgive my ignorance here, I'm not an expert in hydraulics. The other hydraulic systems all seem to work fine and have full power, so I don't think it could be a filter / cavitation issue? Either way, I will be attempting to tear it apart this weekend, hopefully that goes well....

:) Both forward and reverse. In reverse, the back wheels start doing it.

Lets try youtube, here is a quick video with the issue at the end:

Clunk is perhaps not the correct word. IF you watch the video I posted, it shows the problem. I would call it akin to a slipping transmission. Yes the machine fully stops moving when it encounters driving resistance (going up a hill, pushing things, etc). It also lost a few mph on top speed...

So my PT-180 has been flawless..up until last weekend. I went to push some brush back up into a pile, and instead of powering up the hill, my PT-180 just started thunking or clicking once the wheels encountered any resistance. The thunking noise has been happening for a while now, but only...

Pictures of the electronics work. Not the prettiest, but all functional. I drilled out the PTO and Light hole on the console, but other than that nothing modified, just added.

Well the PT-180 showed up on Friday. I spent a bit of time looking it all over, then started it up and spent a few hours moving dirt around and mowed the lawn on Saturday. So far so good. The thing sure kicks off a lot of heat (but I knew that). I ordered a few random things to add including a...

Hey Everyone, Just got off the phone with Terry and have a PT-180 on order. Also added bigger bucket, finish mower, plow and forks. I was very close to pulling the trigger on a Massey Ferguson 1723E when I happened onto the Power Trac forum here. I must have spent 10+ hours reading all your...