Cleaning PT 1850 Hydraulic Tank

[SpringHollow]

Hi Carl,

Here are the pictures you asked for.

The first picture is of the inside of the tank before cleaning. The mess on the bottom was thick enough that it did not drain out even though I jacked up the other side of the tractor to aid in draining.

 

[SpringHollow]

The second picture is the smaller return tank. Notice how much cleaner it is. So much more settles in the supply tank because of its size (lower velocity, greater dwell time). I would have preferred that the supply tank be the cleaner one but maybe it would starve the pumps which would be real bad or keep too much in suspension.

Sorry about the copyrights - I had it defaulted to add it because of another project I was working on.

 

[SpringHollow]

Here is the tank after cleaning it with paper towels.

You can see the openings fo the supplies to the pumps and the gap underneath the passage tunnel. The baffle on the other side of the tunnel which separates the supply and return tanks is gapped at the front of the tank.