@LD1 - The leak is definitely coming out of that hole at the bottom of the spool bonnet. I replicated the leak by actuating the spool and watching it spurt out of the hole. Maybe of note. The spool valve only leaks through the bottom when the spool is pushed to the down position. The topside...
Thank you @LD1 & @BeezFun. The pictures help tremendously. I'm also happy to see flares on the hydraulic in/out fittings as I didn't know what was being utilized for sealing and was thinking I might need to buy more orings / crush washers.
If I have to replace the spool + valve, there's no way...
@LD1 Thanks a million! That makes me much more comfortable getting started. I can measure o-rings all day long haha. Thank you for the durometer tip as well.
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Thank you again @TractorTech and also @LD1. Thankfully I've got a 20+ years of experience working on cars that includes a couple of frame ups and a dozen engine swaps so I've learned to be meticulous, and I've got a lot of tools to throw at the tractor. I would agree with both of you and my...
Thank you so much for the help @TractorTech & @BeezFun. Just talking through the spool valve parts helps my tremendously to understand its operation and what the individual parts are called so that I can know what to look for / fix.
TractorTech: It's the spool valve for the main boom cylinder...
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Please be gentle. I'm a very new tractor owner and I'm also only an electrical engineer by trade, so I'm having trouble even coming up with the right way to describe my problem. I'm hoping someone can just name what I'm looking at and maybe point me in the right direction so I...