priming tractor hydraulic pump quotation

I had to remove the return line going to pump, now i have air in it, i tried to prime the pump but it will not pick up the prime, the return line is about 30 "how do i get this line full, or is there another way to prime sys. and bleed the air out of it.PLESE HELP i don;t want to haul it 30 miles to dealer.buckjones@aol.com

1999-09-23 8220Make sure there is plenty of oil in the transmission! Then try either jacking up the rear of the tractor or,even better, backing up a steep hill. The pump should prime itself. If it is still not picking up the oil, don"t keep running the tractor or the pump will sieze up.

1999-09-24 8254Bob. If possible loosen a discharge hose or connection. Let air bleed out of pumps until hydraulic fluid is discharged. The pump is air bound.

It is helpful in priming pump to fill it with oil prior to installing pump on tractor. Pour oil into intake opening and turn pump in direction of normal rotation until oil comes out pressure opening. If pump does not prime itself readily after starting engine, one or more of the following methods may be used to prime the pump

1) Loosen (plug in front cover of piston pump or) plug at lower front corner on left side of the center housing if equipped with a vane pump and turn enginer over with starter until oil flows

Long story but a good friend lost all hydraulic pressure after cleaning the filter screen on his Mahindra tractor. We felt certain the pump had lost prime so I did a little searching on the net to see what type of fix I might find. Ran across an easy method of using a air hose to pressurize the fluid reservoir in the transmission since the transmission fluid drives the hydraulics as well. Worked like a charm. Not a lot of pressure needed and it�s a fix that works on any tractor with an external pump.

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