[AT] One-way cylinder

[Cecil Bearden]

It will work without a float position, please see my earlier post.

Cecil in oKla


On 9/6/2016 10:51 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> Brad,
>
> If your tractor valve has a float position, then it will work a single acting cylinder. Without a float position I do not thing it will work.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Sep 6, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Alan Nadeau <ajnadeau1 at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>
>> I just had the opportunity to review that exact hookup in the operators
>> manual that came with a NH 3930 that we bought at my shooting club.  Ford
>> says to hook a single acting cylinder to the port for the lower function (if
>> it were double acting)to extend then use float to lower.
>>
>> I'm wasted with hay fever right now so I'm pretty fuzzy but I'm also 99%
>> sure I remember it right.  By using the "lower" port you don't have to go
>> through neutral to get the SA cylinder into lowering.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dennis Johnson" <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 5:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] One-way cylinder
>>
>>
>>> Brad,
>>>
>>> My guess is that you could need to first connect another valve that would
>>> let the flow dump from the same port to let the cylinder retract.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>> On Sep 6, 2016, at 4:05 PM, Gunnells, Bradley R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The other day while mowing hay the Select-O-Speed in the trusty old Ford
>>>> started to slip. So not sure what’s up with that tractor yet. On my mower
>>>> conditioner I have a cylinder that’s setup as a simple one-way cylinder.
>>>> I’d like to keep it that way as I have a WD-45 I’d like to use on it at
>>>> some point.
>>>>
>>>> For the time being I thought I’d use the John Deere 2640 (late 70’s
>>>> machine) but wondered if I can use the cylinder with just the single
>>>> hose? I assume I can plug it into the lift port to raise it and then drop
>>>> the handle to the float position to bring it back down? I didn’t see
>>>> anything in the manual that addressed this type of use.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any thoughts.
>>>> Brad
>>>>
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