Bryce Frazier
Well-known Member
Put the pump on my Super M the other day, well, today was the first day I was actually using the tractor, and it was running for about an hour.
I have the system, where the fluid tank is on the left side of the tractor, tucked up under the hood (across from the generator) and then the fluid gravity flows into the pump, which is mounted on the Governor Housing cover, and then sends it back up to the "motor" on the steering shaft.
It started out today not working "quite right" for my tastes. Kind of jumpy when you tried to turn it. No just smooth power steering. Kind of worked, kind of didn't. After about 10 min of running, it was leaking out the LID of the fluid tank?! Pretty soon it was just pouring out of there?!?! Blew all over the side of the manifold, engine, etc. Smoked the _ _ _ _ out of the shop when I put it back in.....
Where/when it was leaking, the fluid was coming out like a froth? It would bubble up, and just start pushing it's way out? I am running ATF in there, should I swap over to Power Steering Fluid? I don't understand how or why it is leaking? Why is it getting pressure behind it in the can?
Thoughts? Thanks!! Bryce
I have the system, where the fluid tank is on the left side of the tractor, tucked up under the hood (across from the generator) and then the fluid gravity flows into the pump, which is mounted on the Governor Housing cover, and then sends it back up to the "motor" on the steering shaft.
It started out today not working "quite right" for my tastes. Kind of jumpy when you tried to turn it. No just smooth power steering. Kind of worked, kind of didn't. After about 10 min of running, it was leaking out the LID of the fluid tank?! Pretty soon it was just pouring out of there?!?! Blew all over the side of the manifold, engine, etc. Smoked the _ _ _ _ out of the shop when I put it back in.....
Where/when it was leaking, the fluid was coming out like a froth? It would bubble up, and just start pushing it's way out? I am running ATF in there, should I swap over to Power Steering Fluid? I don't understand how or why it is leaking? Why is it getting pressure behind it in the can?
Thoughts? Thanks!! Bryce