<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Greetings from Caledonia, Michigan<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was using my Farmall Cub (Serial 82115) yesterday and noticed a leak from the hydraulics - it’s right up by the pump where the 2 pipes connect to the pump.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A close look seems to indicate that the top (high pressure side?) pipe seems to be cracked just behind the block that holds the two pipes to the pump.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is this a common occurrence?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does anyone know how the pipes are held into that block - brazed, or welded or ??</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Will a quick repair like trying to braze over the crack work or will it need something more substantial like replacing at least a few inches of the pipe and putting a joint somewhere behind it?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How do the pipes disconnect from the hydraulic lift unit? I removed the 3 bolts that hold it on, but it didn’t seem to want to move at all from there - just glued on with gasket goop, or is there something else I’m missing?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for any insights</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="8D118CA7-D10C-4857-9034-4B73256EC55F" src="cid:9FF2448F-4E05-4DCA-B2F2-9205CEF7EE3C" class=""></div></body></html>