Mahindra 4540 FEL Hydraulic Fitting Size

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thought I had to repair my control valve on my FEL. Went to 3 dealers and nobody had a clue of what to do, except sell me a $1100 replacement valve.

So I ended up buying a new valve on line (not OEM, but with more flow for under $300) and took it to a hydraulic supply shop, and the guys there hooked me up with all the fittings to make the transition from the new larger outlets, to the existing hoses. Surprisingly, some of the fittings were UK SAE which is different than our SAE, and different from metric. Wierd.

Word of warning...if you ever replace your control valve unit, be sure to get the "power beyond" fitting for your new valve. My 3 pt hitch works off flow from the control valve back to the reservoir on the rear. If you don't get this fitting, your 3 pt won't work. (at least on the 2500/2600 series)

 

[Deleted member 371759]

Correct. The hose is a JIC 10, the ports on the Besko are SAE ORB's and Mahindra (or someone) add a right hand adapter in-between to mate the two. The main point is that none of this is really documented anywhere and nobody (including my dealer) could tell me these things. I'm putting as much info up here as possible to help out others who may either be replacing hoses/fittings or adding on.

In my case, I was adding on a hydraulic auger -- which I'm proud to say is working 100% now. (full writeup with photos to come when I get the time)

Looking forward to the write up. I'm assuming you added rear remote? That is going to be one of my next projects. We are going to be doing a lot of fencing and would like to use a hydraulic post driver. Already did a few acres by hand and my body cant take it anymore.