Rob
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B6000DT / B7100DP /B8200DT/L225/Globe PTO Chipper/Lewis Backhoe/huxley TR66
Hi all, whilst the rainy season is persisting in my part of the world i am taking the opportunity to finish my L225 rebuild project, pretty well all done now but some fine tuning in progress.
I was thinking about upgrading the hydraulics a bit to facilitate the fitting of a hydraulic toplink and extra 3 bank spool valve for future useage.
I purchased a suitable fitment pump with an increased output, not a lot more but enough to make a difference without adversely effecting the engine.
Anyway, thats as far as things had reached until last week.
I had recently purchased a small hydraulic tank with fittings to convert my pto logsplitter from tractor powered hydraulics to its own system with a spare PTO gear pump i had.
Conversion went to plan and works fantastically
, it worked ok on my
B8200 anyway, but now its 100% better and will work on any tractor pto etc, and can run at a lot lower RPM and save fuel too.
I was still thinking on this L225 hydraulic project when i had a lightbulb moment , on the oil tank i purchased for the logsplitter was a valve , not sure type as i wasnt really looking to use it to be honest.
On closer inspection this afternoon it's a decent quality diverter valve, and it had a pair of Q/R connectors on it aswell (thats a bonus)
Half inch ports aswell. My plan is this (well i hope that is) , i was going to cut into the pressure line and insert this valve, use the divert lever on it to open the port to a spool block etc, then switch back when not required, same setup as found on my B8200.
Before i start cutting pipes i just wanted to run the port connections by you guys to double check that this will work.
On the valve there are 5 ports, they are marked as (T x2) (P) (P1) (CT2). (CT1 is the valve diverter itself)
from my thinking looking at the valve it is connected as follows, on the flow-in side (P) is the pressure line in, (T) is the return to tank (in this case it becomes the continuing pressure line to the rear lift)
(P1) is the pressure line out to my new spool and the 2nd (T) is the return to tank again from that spool valve ,(or in this case back into the pressure line to the rear lift) the (CT2) is the port which has the pressure relief valve fitted.
i think that is correct but have a look a the pics and see if you agree with my workings.
rgds
rob
I was thinking about upgrading the hydraulics a bit to facilitate the fitting of a hydraulic toplink and extra 3 bank spool valve for future useage.
I purchased a suitable fitment pump with an increased output, not a lot more but enough to make a difference without adversely effecting the engine.
Anyway, thats as far as things had reached until last week.
I had recently purchased a small hydraulic tank with fittings to convert my pto logsplitter from tractor powered hydraulics to its own system with a spare PTO gear pump i had.
Conversion went to plan and works fantastically
, it worked ok on my B8200 anyway, but now its 100% better and will work on any tractor pto etc, and can run at a lot lower RPM and save fuel too.
I was still thinking on this L225 hydraulic project when i had a lightbulb moment
, on the oil tank i purchased for the logsplitter was a valve , not sure type as i wasnt really looking to use it to be honest.On closer inspection this afternoon it's a decent quality diverter valve, and it had a pair of Q/R connectors on it aswell (thats a bonus)
Half inch ports aswell. My plan is this (well i hope that is) , i was going to cut into the pressure line and insert this valve, use the divert lever on it to open the port to a spool block etc, then switch back when not required, same setup as found on my B8200.
Before i start cutting pipes i just wanted to run the port connections by you guys to double check that this will work.
On the valve there are 5 ports, they are marked as (T x2) (P) (P1) (CT2). (CT1 is the valve diverter itself)
from my thinking looking at the valve it is connected as follows, on the flow-in side (P) is the pressure line in, (T) is the return to tank (in this case it becomes the continuing pressure line to the rear lift)
(P1) is the pressure line out to my new spool and the 2nd (T) is the return to tank again from that spool valve ,(or in this case back into the pressure line to the rear lift) the (CT2) is the port which has the pressure relief valve fitted.
i think that is correct but have a look a the pics and see if you agree with my workings.
rgds
rob
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