Recent content by Len

Thats what I've been afraid of. I pulled and disassembled both pumps to inspect them. The internals of the hydraulic pump do look better than those in the steering pump. They share alot of the same parts so I put the best looking ones back in the steering pump and put new seal kits in both...

Thankyou for the reply and the welcome. I had the line off because I split the tractor to replace the transmission clutch. I've had it off before when I pulled the timing cover to repair the engine oil pump. That time both the hydraulic and steering/PTO pumps primed right up on their own. I have...

I had the suction tube off the hydraulic & steering pumps to do other repairs. When I first restarted the tractor I had no hydraulics or steering, so I pulled the suction tube back off and filled it with fluid to help prime the pumps. The hydraulics came back immediatly, but the steering took...