1850 Hydraulic pressure pulsates - any theories for cause?

[MikeOConnor]

Terry Weather Alert: this is a really good day to get through to him. He picked up twice in a row. Just saying.

I talked to him about the accumulator theory (he nibbled, saying "hm... that could be it.") and the slow-returning brake tender. He was pretty calm about the brake tender, saying that it'll wear in. I'm going to put the new charging valve in as step 1, recharge the accumulator as step 2 (it's probably going to Terry to do that) and start to get excited if the problems persist after doing those two things.

 

[MikeOConnor]

Solved. A new charging valve did the trick. The pulsing is gone and the brake now flips right off the way it's supposed to. None of that slowly cycling down for a minute or two.

I'll be curious to see if the new Brake Tender gets me off this cycle of replacing the charging valve once a year.

Thanks all. It's great to have companions during times like these.

 

[ponytug]

Yeah!!!

Congratulations on getting it working again. Thanks for posting it.

All the best,

Peter

 

[MikeOConnor]

Well... It turns out that there's a little more to the story. But since the final episode actually relates to a lot of troubles that we've all experienced (like repeated replacements of charging valves), I decided to start a new thread. Here's the link:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...trol-valve-replacement-fixes.html#post3865992