Ford jubilee hyd. issue.

Bigdaddygb · Apr 12, 2018

Hello everyone. New guy here. I have used to the search on here and didn't see my exact problem so..... I have a 1953 Ford Jubilee I got that runs pretty good I thought pump was bad since I pulled the plug on top of hydraulic cover under seat and had no fluid at all. Now since I have rebuilt hydraulic pump I have fluid coming out while at idle. but..... now my arms won't move at all. when I lift them I get no pressure but if I put air in the bleeder bolt I was just talking about on top of cover the arms go up and down no problem. rather fast too with little air. Wife wants to kill me... every time I say hey I need this for tractor or that for tractor.. I had to buy new battery, new battery cables and new starter and rebuild the pump already. Any help in narrowing it down to a part would be great.

mddorange · Apr 12, 2018

:welcome:
To the TBN forum Bigdaddy. You came to the right place to get answers.

I can't help but someone on here will.

Bigdaddygb · Apr 12, 2018

already figured it out. previous owner had hydraulics rebuilt. Looks like a shoddy job. pulled cover and pulled check valve was stuck with ball stuck to bottom of check. pulled ball off it was rusted to check valve. cleaned it up and reinstalled. they never hooked up pressure passage connection to pump. Fixed both things and it works fine now.