Posted by Bob L. on March 01, 2014 at 15:37:56 from (98.70.213.154):
I ran my Ford 3400 (1967ish) today and noticed fluid pouring out from a leak somewhere under the seat, and the three point hitch had dropped the pallet forks flat on the ground and showed no signs of responding so I shut off the tractor as soon as I noticed the problem.
Further investigation shows that the larger of the two (of what I presume to be) hydraulic rigid tubes has a larger than pin-hole leak from which the fluid poured out.
Is there someway to patch this hole, or somewhere I can get a replacement rigid tube? The tractor is essentially useless at this point, and I just had to roll the bale of hay by hand to the back pasture since I didn't want to run the tractor anymore for fear of the hydraulic motor eventually seizing up without fluid.
I'm fairly handy, and most everything on this tractor seems like it bolts on and off, so would be willing to do whatever I need to to repair it. One suggestion has been to cut the pipe fully and work a compression fitting between the two ends, another was to again cut the pipe and fit a rubber hose over the resulting ends as a patch, still another was to use cold weld, or something similar to patch it.
Any help, assistance or comments would be greatly appreciated, as although she's temperamental at best, she's been worth her considerable weight.
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