It must be very satisfying to envision the build, do the research and development, procure the necessary material and then do the actual fabrication. I applaud your efforts. Congratulations on the completion.
Thank you, Jim. I appreciate it. It is very satisfying, in no small part due to the challenges along the way. Overcoming obstacles gives you a real sense of accomplishment. I hope I encourage others to take up similar challenges.
Great job. What oil filter did you use on new hydraulic housing and did you change the return line into tank. By tank has a .500 inside diameter with 3/4” rubber hose.
I used a WIX 51519 filter. I'm not sure the id on my tank inlet, but I didn't disturb it. In the stock filter head, the inlet fitting has an id of around .400" which I couldn't ignore. For the non-ps models, about 9 total GPM, that's not great, but maybe not egregious. But at 11.5 GPM on the ps models, that's simply unacceptable IMHO.
I think ingersoll use WIX WL 10030 filter and had a 40 micron and a 16 by-pass valve and only good for 7-9 gpm .Made by Zinga hydraulic. Your choose of filter is better flow and micron .
Great job, nice looking loader, our front end loaders are fed from the side without any twisting issues , however if you lift heavy objects from the corners of the bucket then you can twist the loader ... but then again you probably can't pick up enough without destroying the front axle or lifting the back of the tractor off of the ground to possibly twist the loader..... you would probably twist the tractor first.....
