Pressure test on Kioti 45 question

nc redneck · Jun 23, 2014

Question for you experts that do this for a living ( or did )
I have a kioti 45SE hst with woods loader. My plan is to plug gauge into 4 and 1 port. Warm tractor and fluid up. Put tractor at full throttle press 4 in 1 button and get results. I believe maximum setting is 2680 for my tractor.
I am not sure if 4 in 1 gets full pressure or should I go for loader port. 4 in 1 port is easy to see and seems like it would put less stress on tractor to test.
Is this a accurate test ?

J_J · Jun 24, 2014

If you make up a QD with hyd gage, then you can plug it into any QD and operate the valve and read the pressure.

If you mount the hyd gage in a tee in the IN port of the FEL valve, then you can operate any valve and read the pressure.

You can also use it to troubleshoot and monitor your hyd system.

kennyd · Jun 24, 2014

nc redneck said:
Question for you experts that do this for a living ( or did )
I have a kioti 45SE hst with woods loader. My plan is to plug gauge into 4 and 1 port. Warm tractor and fluid up. Put tractor at full throttle press 4 in 1 button and get results. I believe maximum setting is 2680 for my tractor.
I am not sure if 4 in 1 gets full pressure or should I go for loader port. 4 in 1 port is easy to see and seems like it would put less stress on tractor to test.
Is this a accurate test ?

Yes, that's fine, any port should show full pressure and you don't really need to be at full throttle either.

Here is a quick video I made showing how the test is done:

The color of the tractor makes no difference

J_J · Jun 24, 2014

Just mount the hyd gage permanently in the in port of the FEL where you can see it at all times and you can sit in the seat and observe all the pressure you want for all hyd functions.

You can use it to troubleshoot your hyd system rather quickly by observing what pressure you have or don't have.

For a good pump test, you need a good flow meter.

With the hyd gage and flow meter and needle valve, you should be able to trouble shoot everything hyd on the tractor.