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2120 hydraulic problem

4.6K views 2 replies 2 participants last post by  Neily  
#1 ·
Hi all, finally finished fixing up this tractor I bought and I’m having an issue with hyd flow. Hooked it up to a hyd cement mixer to try it out and the hydraulic flow virtually stops after about 10 seconds, it has a reservoir up front that is filled by the trans pump but obviously the flow isn’t keeping up. Anyone had this issue before?
 
#2 ·
I assume you mean a John deere. Have you checked the screen and filter? Then check flow and pressure on line up to main pump. If the tractor has been split there are a lot of steel lines inside that are hard to keep in place when putting back together. Does it have the hi/lo powershift?
 
#3 ·
Hi, yeah John Deere. I ended up sorting the problem after some googling and reading the service manual, my tractor has the bigger oil pump on it and basically it pumps more than the trans pump can keep up with. I plumed the return back into the filter canister so the oil goes back to the pump instead of back into the transmission housing. Works fine now, surprises me that the offered a large pump that effectively is useless with constant flow.