IH #45 Field Cult. Hyd. PROBLEMS

Apparently there is air in the lines, but it seems no amount of bleeding will correct the problem. Uaually after a time consuming effort to bleed out the air, the wings drop better, (still not right) for a while, but after a few series of up and downs, the problem is back, as bad as ever.

We have two neighbors who had similar models with the same problem. At times they worked at it so long, they had pumped five gallons of oil on the ground and still the problem persisted. Finally they each traded off their machines.

Is there some trick we are missing? We did not buy the machine new, but near as we can tell the entire system is as it was from the factory.

Any help would certainly be appreciated.

Thank you,
Glenn FitzGerald

It would do the same thing as far as the wings not staying balanced with the rest of the cultivator.

To balance the cylinders, you would lift it all the way and hold the lever in the lift position a few seconds to balance it.

When lifting on the ends, to turn, it was important to lift all the way so it would balance at each end.

When it was new there wasn"t any problems and it didn"t matter about lifting. But when it got to be about 10 years old you had to do the lift the thing all the way to keep it balanced.

Gary