Not Pretty, But It Works

So, I ran it right back to a "T" at the intake down at the belly. Not legal I know, but that sure cured the ol' sis. :>)

Allan

1. By returning the oil directly to the hydraulic pump you may encounter overheated oil if the the hydraulics are used heavily because you will no longer have the reservoir to help cool the oil.

2. By not returning the oil to the reservoir first, any dirt that enters the system from hydraulic couplers will go directly to the pump rather than having a chance to settle on the bottom of the reservoir. A return line filter would be a easy remedy for this problem.

Other than your auxilliary tank on top it now looks exactly like ours that I tried to describe in an earlier post when you started the project. Our friend plumbed it that way, galvanized Tee and all, well over fifty years ago and to say the 1950 M has done a lot of work over the years would be an understatement.
Ours has worked just fine an I anticipate that yours will too. Regards Don

Just cleaned out the tank real good and slapped 'er on there. Hope it works.

Allan