Suggestions for a pressure tester

[rScotty]

I'd use a hose in conjunction with a gauge AND both the male and female QD. Then you can use it inline as well as for deadheading a circuit.

I use similar testers. All are basically junkbox variations on the "T fitting plus a gauge" idea, and the final design depends largely on what spare parts they are assembled from. After use, they go back into the hydraulic fitting box - except for the one on the JD loader control valve. It's been there 30 years, so seems to have found a permanent home.

Most of us have settled on 5000 psi & SS hydraulic fittings.

Something I just noticed is that the TBNers responding to this thread seem to be mostly old timers, and everyone has come up with their own homebrew variation on the same basic tester.
It seems like a pretty basic troubleshooting tool. But hydraulic woes are rare enough - and usually simple enough - that I think many of us make a tester up out of curiosity rather than necessity.

Something I've noticed over the years is that most of the time the hydraulic system is working at far lower cylinder pressure than the system is capable of developing. I may scrape a load into the FEL bucket, carry it off, and never see readings of more than 600 to 1000 PSI
rScotty

 

[BeezFun]

Your thinking is what I did, but I used a 4000psi gauge:

Yes, thanks, that is exactly what I was thinking.

 

[WranglerX]

It seems like a pretty basic troubleshooting tool. But hydraulic woes are rare enough - and usually simple enough - that I think many of us make a tester up out of curiosity rather than necessity.

Kind of where I'm at, just curiosity to see if system pressures are actually what are stated in manual...

Then there is the "restored" log splitter that sort of has 3 different tonnages for same model between stickers on unit and owners manuals, but so far the 20 ton unit has handled everything I have had to split...

 

[BeezFun]

Mission accomplished, I forgot I had a short length of hose and a male QD left over from installing my rear remotes, so I went to the local hydraulics shop and got the rest of the parts. I even managed to use 2 of the dust covers I bought 10 years ago. Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[WranglerX]

Mission accomplished, I forgot I had a short length of hose and a male QD left over from installing my rear remotes, so I went to the local hydraulics shop and got the rest of the parts. I even managed to use 2 of the dust covers I bought 10 years ago. Thanks for all the suggestions.

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Looks like winner to me....