Posted by mkirsch on April 16, 2014 at 10:27:21 from (65.199.189.6):
I had to remove the seat base from my 240U to access the quadrant shaft for the fast hitch. Parts book showed you could access it with the seat removed, but my seat base has a solid plate welded across the top, so there was no way.
IH in their infinite wisdom did not provide a slot on the rear of the base so that you could remove it without disconnecting the fast hitch cylinder hoses. Of course not.
I looked at it, said "tractor's off, nothing should be under pressure, no problem!"
Pulled one line, got a dribble of oil, easy.
Pulled the second line and BLURRRRRPPPPP! Oil going everywhere, high volume at low pressure. In a semi-panic I almost hosed Dad down with old hytran, but caught myself and pointed it at the dog instead.
Then I feel something HEAVY settling on my foot. It's the fast hitch. Forgot about the effects of gravity.
Of course the hitch was ALL the way up, and it was the piston side of the cylinder, so it spewed as much as humanly possible.
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