2600 Ford hydraulic capacity

chinkapin creek · Aug 12, 2012

I have a Ford 2600 dsl., I believe it is 38 engine horsepower. It did not come with a loader or rear remote hydraulics but the previous owner added both. The hydraulics are a little weak. It will not pick up a 5 foot finish mower or 6 foot brush hog up very high after the tractor warms up after running a while. It also leaks down, if I park it with the bucket up and pto attachement up, they will both be on the ground in a few hours.

I understand there is a pressure spring under the seat that might be needing checked out.

However, I have been told that my hydraulic pump may just not be up to the task of the additions since it wasn't made for that kind of capacity. The guy that told me that said it may always be that way unless I remove the loader and rear hydraulic setup. Does this sound right?

I have not put a pressure gauge on the hydraulic system yet, but I will.

My main question is about the capacity of the factory hydraulic pump and if the add-ons are to much for it?

J_J · Aug 12, 2012

If your pump is a PTO pump, your PTO has a rated HP that is can provide to a pump.

If the pump was sized correctly, you should have enough power to work the hydraulics.

PTO tested HP is 34.18

TractorData.com Ford 2600 tractor information

That is enough HP to provide sufficient hyd HP to do a lot of things, such as run a loader, run a hyd motor, run the 3pt system.

Granted the 3pt system should have good seals, and the pressure relief for all valves set correctly.

I have a small capacity hyd pump of about .94 cu in displacement driven by the fan belt and it does a very creditable job.

chinkapin creek · Aug 13, 2012

Actually, would a person have to add an engine driven pump to add a loader and remote valves?

It looks like they just added a plate to the top of the transmission and run the supply lines and return lines into it.

This is kind of new to me but I don't see an externally driven hydraulic pump.

Thanks.

J_J · Aug 13, 2012

TractorData.com Ford 2600 tractor information

You should have about 6.15 gal hyd fluid

If you add a loader, and the cyl are full, the level on the dipstick should be the same. The pump would just recirculate the fluid from pump to tank.

You could however add a PTO pump and have hyd power for many things.

chinkapin creek · Aug 14, 2012

I believe the transmission and rearend share fluid, there is no check plug on the differential. If that is true then it is full.

Thanks for the info.

whodat526 · Aug 14, 2012

do you know if the loader is run off of a front pump driven off the crank shaft pulley or off a hyd manifold under the seat with two lines going to the remote if its run off the tractor hyd. under the seat the tractor should hold around 8 to 9 gallons of fluid and the pump is located on the right hand side towards the back of the motor and has a filter on it

chinkapin creek · Aug 15, 2012

It has the hyd. manifold by the seat. The filter is at the back of the engine on the left side. Thanks.

Soundguy · Aug 15, 2012

our hyds that are built in may be a bit slow for a loader.. but should have plenty of pressure to operate it.

holding a load up for 10 minutes after shoutdown is an ok deal.. hours is FINE.

your 3pt SHOULD pickup a 6' mower.. if not.. check hyd pressure.. you may have a weak relief.. or more plausible a leak.

ps.. that engine pump was standard.. not added. the hyd manifold was added under the seat to an option port that is normally blanked off.

soundguy