Aaargh! 3-pt hitch not lifting any weight.

[Leejohn]

Is there anyway you can plug all the holes and hold you finger over where 13 goes and get some pressure to one of the #20 plugs?

 

[project_X]

Is there anyway you can plug all the holes and hold you finger over where 13 goes and get some pressure to one of the #20 plugs?

i don't think that will plug enough of the holes, just about every hole connects to an adjacent chamber....

 

[Leejohn]

I see. At doing that you would have to make a plate and over the 3 mounting holes. When I said plugging the holes I forgot about them. I did mean plugging without the guts.
What I'm about to say now. Don't do this until the very last thing and there is nothing else someone might come up with. Very carefully dill a small hole in it, if it doesn't turn. Just deep enough that you can start a tap in it about 3 or4 threads then pull. I'm talking a #6 or 8 tap and if you can get one or 2 threads then grind the point off and you can then get 2 or 3 more.

 

[project_X]

I see. At doing that you would have to make a plate and over the 3 mounting holes. When I said plugging the holes I forgot about them. I did mean plugging without the guts.
What I'm about to say now. Don't do this until the very last thing and there is nothing else someone might come up with. Very carefully dill a small hole in it, if it doesn't turn. Just deep enough that you can start a tap in it about 3 or4 threads then pull. I'm talking a #6 or 8 tap and if you can get one or 2 threads then grind the point off and you can then get 2 or 3 more.

i gave that some thought, I also thought about gluing something to face to pull it out

 

[Leejohn]

I'm going to sleep a little more on this. If I wakeup around 4am I'll call you right away before I forget it. Later

 

[Little_Grizzly]

careful application of heat and cold? Perhaps freeze the entire assembly then heat the outside?

 

[J_J]

If it is steel, have you tried one of those little magnets on a pen to help pull it out. Spray some lube on the part and wait a little while, then stick the magnet and pull.

 

[project_X]

It is fixed!!!!

It was too stuck to use a magnet.
I managed to get the allen key into one of the holes in 8 thru an adjacent channel. I put the entire length of the allen key into the bench vise and pulled. The o-ring was broken (I'll post some pictures later tonight) and the part that fell off was stuck in the valve.

I reassembled the entire valve and put the assembly back in to the tractor and my initial tests (1000rpm, with me standing on the arms lifted with out a problem. Tomorrow I will put everything back together and try to lift something heavy.....

 

[Leejohn]

You got it!!!!!!!!!!!:cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2:

 

[Little_Grizzly]

Sweet! congratulations. That was one for the record books.