Recent content by SilentJ

most manufacturers of hydraulic components don’t help “end users” much. Try to find a HyVair distributor near you, they may be more help. Distributors - Hyvair Hydraulic Pneumatic Fluid Power Components Disclaimer, a lot of hydraulic manufacturers sells stuff to the machinery OEM with an...

The business degrees have infected Deere. People making these decisions are neither engineers nor farmers. They just want to make a spreadsheet look good so they can get their dream job at Apple or wherever. Not good.

Is that a pressure port ? Is the engine drain hose pictured …. Rated for the pressure that port sees ?

Sometimes the dealers just know what’s in the parts book. A few decades in the hydraulic components biz here…. I Recognized the logo on the valve you posted. Been doing this too long I guess. A lot of equipment OEM’s buy these kind of parts from external “suppliers”. Anyway, the...

I don’t know that there’s a “right” answer with NPT. Pipe threads seal by deforming the threads EVER so slightly … Teflon tape actually functions as a lubricant more than as a sealant. Reducing friction between threads to achieve the right torque. There is certainly a right answer with JIC...

This electric vehicle fad isn’t based on fundamentals, economics, or even physics. It’s a bunch of virtue signaling, backed by an ignorant government who doesn’t know any better. People who don’t know anything about vehicles or machines, trying to use their feeble power to implement things that...