Weak Ford Backhoe

Oldyellowtractor · Jan 27, 2018

So, I have ran into a roadblock with attaching a gage. I was going to attach the gage to the port on the back of the control valve where the hose goes to the cylinder. This is a Ford 723 hoe, so it has the weird Ford O-Ring port hose fittings. I can get an adapter with a Male Ford O-ring port to Male 5/8" JIC. See link: 41157-10-10 | 5/8" JIC Male x 7/8-14 Ford O-Ring Port Male . Problem is, I think i need a FEMALE Ford O-Ring port (to ANY other standard hose fitting) to make this work without changing my hose end. I need some kind of fitting to screw my hose into. Does anybody know of a way to do this? Did I explain it well enough?

LD1 · Jan 28, 2018

SethBagwell said:
So, I have ran into a roadblock with attaching a gage. I was going to attach the gage to the port on the back of the control valve where the hose goes to the cylinder. This is a Ford 723 hoe, so it has the weird Ford O-Ring port hose fittings. I can get an adapter with a Male Ford O-ring port to Male 5/8" JIC. See link: 41157-10-10 | 5/8" JIC Male x 7/8-14 Ford O-Ring Port Male . Problem is, I think i need a FEMALE Ford O-Ring port (to ANY other standard hose fitting) to make this work without changing my hose end. I need some kind of fitting to screw my hose into. Does anybody know of a way to do this? Did I explain it well enough?

Pictures are worth a thousand words

DABSGT · Jan 28, 2018

Seth I don't know if this will help but at one time I had a John Deere 410 Backhoe it would start and dig great for a wile but would start to loose power. I had changed pumps filters fluid and everything chasing the problem just when I gave up on it and sold it to a friend it blew a hydraulic line to the boom I changed that hose and one other and it ended the problem. After spending lots on chasing it was as simple as a bad hose that was collapsing inside restricting flow.

ovrszd · Jan 28, 2018

DABSGT said:
Seth I don't know if this will help but at one time I had a John Deere 410 Backhoe it would start and dig great for a wile but would start to loose power. I had changed pumps filters fluid and everything chasing the problem just when I gave up on it and sold it to a friend it blew a hydraulic line to the boom I changed that hose and one other and it ended the problem. After spending lots on chasing it was as simple as a bad hose that was collapsing inside restricting flow.

I've saw that too. Replaced a disc brake caliper before discovering that was the cause also.

Oldyellowtractor · Jan 30, 2018

So, I can稚 find any female o-ring port adapters. Does it matter where I put the gauge? I have changed some hoses out to JIC, so I can put the gauge on those locations.

LD1 · Jan 30, 2018

You can put a gauge where ever you can pressurize and monitor.

But I have a hard time believing an adapter cannot be sourced.

As I said, a picture is worth a thousand words

Leejohn · Jan 30, 2018

Can you use 2 of the fittings and a JC Tee?

Oldyellowtractor · Jan 31, 2018

How do I attach a picture from an iPhone?

LD1 · Jan 31, 2018

Not sure from an I phone. And dont know if you are using mobile site or app.

From a desktop (or on my android but not viewing as mobile version) click the picture icon at the top of the reply box. Then find the pic on your phone and upload it.