TYM T273 HST brake switch issues

[Samberg]

Hi Samberg
Thanks for the explanation. What glue did you use on the sight glass?

Just clean it properly during dropping your hydro oil, as you said; degrease! After that just use flexible sealant certified to not be degraded by the contents. Even if you use standard silicone sealant it will do no harm as your seal will be only immersed on 1 side and would take years to 'eat' through the new seal!
Tranny & hydro oil is somewhat erosive to some materials but not as bad as brake fluid so you are pretty much safe to use any sealant out there. I suggest you get it done ASAP, if you have to keep pushing the thing back in on every start-up check, it may one day pop out and waste all your hydro fluid, alongside staining anything it drains onto!

 

[Samberg]

The great thing about TYM is they do not manufacture most parts themselves, engine Mitsubishi, parts generic and readily available, even if the company goes down!

 

[Redneck in training]

Just clean it properly during dropping your hydro oil, as you said; degrease! After that just use flexible sealant certified to not be degraded by the contents. Even if you use standard silicone sealant it will do no harm as your seal will be only immersed on 1 side and would take years to 'eat' through the new seal!
Tranny & hydro oil is somewhat erosive to some materials but not as bad as brake fluid so you are pretty much safe to use any sealant out there. I suggest you get it done ASAP, if you have to keep pushing the thing back in on every start-up check, it may one day pop out and waste all your hydro fluid, alongside staining anything it drains onto!

It popped out when it shrank due to cold temperature. It took me for a while realizing that it was gone when I reversed and saw the fluid trail in the snow. I lost less than a quarter (1litre) of fluid. My tractor is one size bigger than your 273 and looks like quite strongly built. I did a lot of discing with slightly oversized disc harrow this season that really loaded the tractor to the max. So far it is very reliable machine despite of 900 hours of hard work. Only regret I have. I should have bought bigger tractor.
Ladia.
BTW
I did lot of work in Karratha and Kwinana over past 20 years. I landed in Perth just about two, three times a year to do work for off shore oil and gas, fertilizer, refinery and this sort of plants. Australia and Perth are my favorite place I ever visited.

 

[Samberg]

It popped out when it shrank due to cold temperature. It took me for a while realizing that it was gone when I reversed and saw the fluid trail in the snow. I lost less than a quarter (1litre) of fluid. My tractor is one size bigger than your 273 and looks like quite strongly built. I did a lot of discing with slightly oversized disc harrow this season that really loaded the tractor to the max. So far it is very reliable machine despite of 900 hours of hard work. Only regret I have. I should have bought bigger tractor.
Ladia.
BTW
I did lot of work in Karratha and Kwinana over past 20 years. I landed in Perth just about two, three times a year to do work for off shore oil and gas, fertilizer, refinery and this sort of plants. Australia and Perth are my favorite place I ever visited.

Hey, G'day..., I like living in Western Australia, been here 10 years and glad you like it!
As you know the hydraulic fluid tank is not pressurised, otherwise you would not get away buy simply pushing it in before work, it would pop out! As I said, all it needs is a good de-grease and glue in, may be a good time to replace the fluid as you lost a fair bit of it anyway and repair the sight glass when empty. I think high quality silicone may do the job but for a few extra $ you can choose one that won't react with the fluid, all should be readily available from your local hardware store.
As for the size of the tractor, I'm happy with what I can do with this, sometimes would need a bigger one but most of the time it is manageable, overloading it will give you an indication of it's limits, sometimes trying to lift heavy things..., the thing is just unbreakable for what I need and if overloaded, it just simply won't do but didn't break anything just yet. The FEL has a capacity of 500kg so anything over will lift the tractor before breaking any parts. The capacity is always tested to much higher loads in case of this.
I love my 273, Ferrari red, great design compared to the green's & oranges out there and great visibility when using FEL, due to sloping bonnet. One thing I would like to eventually modify is the air intake at the front, clogging the radiator guard & fins..., maybe a snorkel would work, similar to 4WD's. I know the snorkels are connected to the air filter but there should be a way to funnel the air going into the front with enough coverage on the funnel?!

 

[Redneck in training]

Hey, G'day..., I like living in Western Australia, been here 10 years and glad you like it!
As you know the hydraulic fluid tank is not pressurised, otherwise you would not get away buy simply pushing it in before work, it would pop out! As I said, all it needs is a good de-grease and glue in, may be a good time to replace the fluid as you lost a fair bit of it anyway and repair the sight glass when empty. I think high quality silicone may do the job but for a few extra $ you can choose one that won't react with the fluid, all should be readily available from your local hardware store.
As for the size of the tractor, I'm happy with what I can do with this, sometimes would need a bigger one but most of the time it is manageable, overloading it will give you an indication of it's limits, sometimes trying to lift heavy things..., the thing is just unbreakable for what I need and if overloaded, it just simply won't do but didn't break anything just yet. The FEL has a capacity of 500kg so anything over will lift the tractor before breaking any parts. The capacity is always tested to much higher loads in case of this.
I love my 273, Ferrari red, great design compared to the green's & oranges out there and great visibility when using FEL, due to sloping bonnet. One thing I would like to eventually modify is the air intake at the front, clogging the radiator guard & fins..., maybe a snorkel would work, similar to 4WD's. I know the snorkels are connected to the air filter but there should be a way to funnel the air going into the front with enough coverage on the funnel?!

yes clogging the radiator is quite annoying and it is very hard to clean on 330 due to loader frame preventing removal of the screen sandwithched between oil and engine coolers. It drove me crazy to such a point that I just removed the screen bending it, threw it away and got in a habit to blow the radiator with an air gun anytime I take a break during work. One of those days I will install a screen covering the whole space between the radiator and the front of the hood. Like on the big tractors.
Yes Western Australia is great place to live.