A quick update... Because of the insanely high cost I encountered for having two 16-foot 3/8" 3,000 lb hoses made up for my FEL grapple, I decided to make my temporary "bungie cord" arrangement permanent. I did this by purchasing two $10.00 90-degree elbows in order to "stretch" my 14-foot, half-inch (TSC off-the-shelf) utility hoses just enough to reach the front of the tractor with acceptable routing. I am still routing on the left side. I've also given up on finding a "stock-looking" bulkhead bracket for the front of the FEL and will be using cheap and locally-available plastic hydraulic hose clamps to secure the front couplings. While not super-professional looking, and hoses a bit oversized for the task at hand, it will save me a bundle that I can spend elsewhere until I win that big lottery. 
For Galen and 3510/4110 owners: The second hydraulic valve kit turned out to be a bundle of trouble... in large part due to a lack of any installation instructions... but thankfully that portion of my grapple project is now well on its way to resolution thanks to the good folks at MahindraUSA. To make a long story short, the kit was shipped with a short-style lever linkage and valve with front exiting stem. My original valve is long-style lever linkage and valve with rear exiting stem. For several reasons, you really don't want "mix & match" configurations on one tractor.
But it turns out that the valve stem is user reversible! Who knew? So in the end, all I really needed was the correct (matching/compatible) long-style lever linkage. MUSA shipped it to me at no charge and it arrived on Friday. BIG THANKS to the folks at MUSA.
Other less critical installation issues have all been addressed by MUSA and the good folks down at New England Tractor... plus my own mechanical engineer's ingenuity! As soon as the rain stops here and I can drop the BH and remove the seat again, I will finally have my second rear remote set installed and working... EXTREMELY COOL!!!
Dougster
For Galen and 3510/4110 owners: The second hydraulic valve kit turned out to be a bundle of trouble... in large part due to a lack of any installation instructions... but thankfully that portion of my grapple project is now well on its way to resolution thanks to the good folks at MahindraUSA. To make a long story short, the kit was shipped with a short-style lever linkage and valve with front exiting stem. My original valve is long-style lever linkage and valve with rear exiting stem. For several reasons, you really don't want "mix & match" configurations on one tractor.
But it turns out that the valve stem is user reversible!
Who knew? So in the end, all I really needed was the correct (matching/compatible) long-style lever linkage. MUSA shipped it to me at no charge and it arrived on Friday. BIG THANKS to the folks at MUSA. Other less critical installation issues have all been addressed by MUSA and the good folks down at New England Tractor... plus my own mechanical engineer's ingenuity!
As soon as the rain stops here and I can drop the BH and remove the seat again, I will finally have my second rear remote set installed and working... EXTREMELY COOL!!! Dougster
