Recent content by knightbaker

Okay, maybe I'm over thinking this but not finding any clear info. Just got a deal on a smallish Ansung backhoe to occasionally go on my M5040 for some light digging work. Manual for the backhoe says: "The correct method for the particular tractor will depend on the remote couplers available...

Thanks for the update Josh, guess I'll order a seal kit myself. Is it a fairly straightforward job? I had made the assumption that a leaky pump seal would likely blow fluid, rather than suck air...

2 years on now on my 2009 machine, and still the same issue exactly as you describe. My theory is an engineering flaw that froths up the fluid (from the return lines?) and those bubbles make a racket in the narrower gauge cooler/power steering pipes (cavitation?) but are not noticeable in the...

M5040DT 4wd, gears, no cab. Many thanks for the help with this. Here's an old thread of the same sounding problem from this forum, I found more on other sites. Sounds to be a common issue with the M5040, M6040 and M7040 of those years...

Thanks. The suction line on these machines is only a 4" long metal elbow from the dual filters in the tranny housing to the pump with O rings on both ends. It sounds like these were the first years the pump was mounted on the transmission, and according to speculation in other threads an...

Hi all, I have a recently purchased 2009 M5040 (300 hrs) that makes nagging erratic clunking/thumping/banging/gurgling noises in the hydraulic steering circuit most noticeable at idle. Holding the metal pipes, you feel pulsations in time with the noise, from the pump right through the steering...

Hi folks, I recently purchased a 2009 M5040DT, no cab, 300 hours. I soon noticed an irregular knocking/gurgling noise in the power steering hydraulics, if I hold the metal pipe I can feel air making its way through the loop. Putting my ear to the pump, there's an occassional swishing sound...