[AT] Hydraulic fitting

[charlie hill]

Same down here John,  Too wet and too cool for this time of year.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Hall
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 9:14 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Hydraulic fitting

I think you, me, and half the state of NC is greasing up hay equipment
this weekend. Been too wet to even think about hay, and ours is too big,
some is bedded down. We've gotten 9-10" of rain in the last month. We
are planning on cutting some hay Mon. as well.

John


On 5/12/2017 7:20 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Thanks John.
>
> If we don't get a lot of rain from this latest round, I was hoping to mow 
> on Monday.  I was pretty sure that I didn't have time to wait on anyone. 
> Plus I had plenty of room for a rigid 90° elbow I'm not sure why New 
> Holland thought there needed to be swivels.   I had them make the hose a 
> little bit longer includes the swivels were to handle some movement in the 
> hydraulic line.
>
> Here's a picture of brand-new super awesome modern high-pressure hydraulic 
> hose on an old rusty haybine  from the 1960s.  Can you say "diamonds on a 
> pig". :-)
>
> Ps. The need to feed some slack into that lower line but I'll wait till I 
> hook up and situate properly.
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> Spencer Yost
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> Spencer Yost
>> On May 12, 2017, at 5:48 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Spencer, 1 day is all it takes to get parts delivered from New Holland.
>> I needed some bushings and a bearing for my baler. Called Clapp Bros in
>> Siler City yesterday morning. They dropped ship everything to me today
>> from Atlanta--estimated shipping was $30-40. Now way I could drive over
>> an hour one way for that. They did the same thing for me a couple years
>> ago for parts to fit my IH 800 planter. They have to place the order by
>> lunch time for you to get it next day, or you have to pay an expediting 
>> fee.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>>> On 5/12/2017 5:02 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>> Thanks for all the great advice guys. I finally decided to try one more 
>>> brute force attempt(after 2 more heat and oil treatments).   So I put a 
>>> pipe wrench on it, and this time used  a 4' pipe (used 2' before) on the 
>>> pipe wrench handle and put everything I had on it.   Still nothing. So I 
>>> tried the other one. That one came loose. So I went back to the first 
>>> one.  I basically had to lunge at it -  it finally broke free.
>>>
>>> I wonder what the torque value is of a 200 pound man accelerating at a 4 
>>> foot long handle - I'll bet it's upwards of 600+ ft/pounds. And all it 
>>> did was budge just enough to let me know that I can finally get it.
>>>
>>> Turns out those with a 90° fittings are not common.  It would take a 
>>> week to get those fittings in.  Anyways I just got back from the 
>>> hydraulic hose place and the counter guy  and I had to rig up another 
>>> solution.
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>> Spencer Yost
>>>
>>>> On May 12, 2017, at 3:36 PM, k7jdj at aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Can't tell if it is a pipe thread, but tighten before loosen work well 
>>>> on tapered pipe fittings.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> Renton, WA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net>
>>>> To: at <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Sent: Fri, May 12, 2017 8:56 am
>>>> Subject: [AT] Hydraulic fitting
>>>>
>>>> I am having a heckuva time getting the hydraulic fittings off the 
>>>> cylinder for my haybine. Is there any possibility they are reverse 
>>>> thread? I've never seen that before but I've tried heat and penetrating 
>>>> fluid for more than a day and they're not budging.
>>>>
>>>> As you can tell from the hose, you can see why I'm replacing the it :-)
>>>>
>>>>
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