parksplace5454
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- Joined
- Aug 20, 2008
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- Tractor
- Kubota L35
Hi,
I purchased a near-new Gearmore box grader with hydraulic ripper and a separate 3-valve auxiliary assembly to use on my Kubota L35. I have attached the tractor hydraulic pressure and return lines to the auxiliary valve assembly and the two lines from the Gearmore ripper piston to the two fittings on one of the valves of the 3-valve assembly. When I operate the auxiliary valve, I can hear the hydraulic pump on the Kubota straining but the Gearmore piston does not move. I removed the two lines going to the Gearmore piston and operated the auxiliary valve; hydraulic oil shoots out of each of the valve ports as I operate the handle in each direction. I have surmised that the piston is being pressurized on one side when the valve is being operated but the fluid is not being allowed to release from the other side of the piston through the valve assembly. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
ParksPlace5454 (covered in hydraulic oil!)
I purchased a near-new Gearmore box grader with hydraulic ripper and a separate 3-valve auxiliary assembly to use on my Kubota L35. I have attached the tractor hydraulic pressure and return lines to the auxiliary valve assembly and the two lines from the Gearmore ripper piston to the two fittings on one of the valves of the 3-valve assembly. When I operate the auxiliary valve, I can hear the hydraulic pump on the Kubota straining but the Gearmore piston does not move. I removed the two lines going to the Gearmore piston and operated the auxiliary valve; hydraulic oil shoots out of each of the valve ports as I operate the handle in each direction. I have surmised that the piston is being pressurized on one side when the valve is being operated but the fluid is not being allowed to release from the other side of the piston through the valve assembly. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
ParksPlace5454 (covered in hydraulic oil!)