l2350 live pto and adding hyd remote questions?

[HammerFour]

We have a l2350 which has worked real well for us.

Tractordata.com shows this model as having live pto, but from what I can tell on ours, it doesn't. When I let the clutch out with the pto engaged and the tractor in gear, the pto engages at the same time as the tractor starts moving.

Is there a setting or adjustment somewhere to make this work as a live pto?

Second question, has anyone added a hyd remote to this model? Our tractor has a fel on it, and has two hoses hooked to what I assume is the hyd output port in front of the seat, and what I assume is a return line going to the area above the 3ph top link behind the seat. The two hoses in front and the one behind the seat all go to the fel valves.

I assume that one of the hoses in front of the seat is the output, the second one is returning from the power beyond port on the valve? I was thinking route a hose from the output to the new hyd remote valve, then from the power beyond port on it up to the fel valve. Also would need to tee into the return line so the new valve would have a return line...

I was hoping someone had done this and had some pictures to show me the way....

I want to put a hyd cylinder on the sickle mower so I can quit climbing down and folding and unfolding that thing...grr.

 

[MadReferee]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I assume that one of the hoses in front of the seat is the output, the second one is returning from the power beyond port on the valve? )</font>

That's correct. One hose comes from the pump and goes to the valve's pressure inlet. The other is the power beyond to the next valve (the 3pt).

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I was thinking route a hose from the output to the new hyd remote valve, then from the power beyond port on it up to the fel valve. Also would need to tee into the return line so the new valve would have a return line... )</font>

Most installations put the aux valve after the FEL valve. Take the PB line from the FEL valve and connect it to your aux valve's inlet instead of the tractor. Take your aux valve's PB outlet and connect it back to the tractor where the FEL PB line connected. Tee the Aux valve's return line into the existing return to tank line (this is the only line that can be teed).

Many people have connected this way. It's pretty simple.

 

[HammerFour]

Thanks for the help Mad! I guess I need to look over the fel valve carefully to see if its marked which is the input and which it the power beyond output. Is there a standard notation on the valve to mark this?

 

[MadReferee]

Some valves are marked, others are not. Your owners manual should tell you which connection on the tractor's hydraulic block is which.