[AT] JD PowrTrol Purge

[Jim Thomson]

 How about an oil extractor? With the long flexible tube you could reach far into the system and get all the oil out.

Jim Thomson
Rehoboth, MA

> On 08/10/2020 4:08 PM STEVE ALLEN <steveallen855 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> Gentlemen, a hydraulic question.
> 
> We had to have new hydraulic hoses made for our 6' brushhog, and, when swapping them out, we discovered the oil in the PowrTrol on the '51 A had become contaminated with water.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a practical and non-harmful way to purge the system of the contaminated oil?  We got a lot out when the old hoses came off, and I pushed as much as I could out of the cylinder, and I drained as much as I could out of the PowrTrol unit at the lower plug.  I am stymied on doing a complete purge, however.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> 
> The "original" Steve Allen
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