[AT] hydraulics question

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/10/2005 10:26:58 AM Central Standard Time,  
cmonson at hvc.rr.com writes:

In  particular although I knew the
cylinder could pass oil from one side to the  other while sinking, I also
wondered if oil could somehow find a path back  thru a defective control
valve. It also occurred to me that one of the lift  cylinders could have
been defective for a long time and I wouldn't know it  if one was good
enough to handle the load.


Cecil:
A neighbor has a new Hesston round baler ( 4 yrs old )   It has a  hydraulic 
tensioner on the belts.  He has to hit the hydrailic control  every 30 seconds 
to keep the bales tight.  He has a late model  tractor, ( 1994) with few 
hours on it.   I had to take the  control valve off the other day to find a piece 
of an o-ring in it that was  keeping the loader from lowering, or any 
implement plugged into that  side.    
 
I replaced the cylinder on the baler that had a scratch and was  seeping, but 
it stillleaked down.  It only has 6 cylinder on the baler, all  hooked 
together to provide tension.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
This is a job for a nice day under the shade tree...  there is  gonna be a 
lot of oil spilled....
 
cecil in Okla