Stackwood
Bronze Member
Greetings Kubodites. I am in the habit of removing the FEL on my MX5000 due to all the tight manuevoring required around our place. It's just a different machine with the FEL off. The only trouble is when the hydraulic hookups are hard to put back on. Sometimes pressure builds up in the cylinders (especially if the temperature has gone up) making them nearly impossible to re-engage. In my last episode with this, none of the usual tricks seemed to help, even tapping on the nipple ends, which sent spurts of fluid everywhere but didn't relieve enough pressure to do any good. So I sat down and had a think. It then occured to me that I could relieve the pressure ANYWHERE in the system the offending nipple was connected to. I loosened one of the line nuts that the line was connected to, a little fluid came out, and presto, the nipple connected easily. I tightened it back up, then did the same with the other offending line. It only takes a minute.
Hope this helps.
Stackwood
Hope this helps.
Stackwood