New grapple works great, BUT......

[jmc]

Nice rig.

Long shot but did you check fluid level before or after adding the two empty grapple cylinders?

 

[SouthernSooner]

One thing I can think of is hook a hose from one of the remotes into a very clean 1 gallon jug. Get your stop watch ready, engine at the 540 pto mark on the tach, and open the valve and time how long it takes to fill up the 1 gallon jug. lets see you should have about 9 gallons a minute, so 1 gallon should take 60/9 seconds so if it don't fill in 6 seconds, you have a problem upstream. You could also perform this test at the FEL valve to confirm (double blind test) that the methodology and conclusions are correct.

Thanks for the tips! I'll give these a try.

 

[SouthernSooner]

I would make an added suggestion. Get some additional protection on your grill guard before a stick,branch, etc finds its way into your radiator or battery. Here is a picture of what I had added to my grill guard.View attachment 447224

Yeah, every time I dig into the brush pile, I get nervous that a stick is gonna puncture something. Is yours home made, aftermarket or ???

 

[Xfaxman]

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Here's the but..... I took about an hour break, came back out and started the tractor and there is a 3-5 second delay in the 3 point raising. I'm not sure if this is an anomaly, or could have something to do with the installation of another valve. I sent an email to EA, so hopefully, it's something easy and not too uncommon when doing this mod.

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Could you post a picture and a diagram of the diverter hoses?

 

[SouthernSooner]

Could you post a picture and a diagram of the diverter hoses?

Tell ya the truth, I'm not sure which ones are the diverter hoses?

 

[Xfaxman]

Tell ya the truth, I'm not sure which ones are the diverter hoses?

Sorry, my bad, we need pictures of the third function remote and hoses, that you mentioned in the first post.