Installing Rear Remote Hydraulics on a 110 TLB

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Fellows this is my first dive into any significant hydraulic work. I am posting this up as I progress from day to day. While I have the arrangement planned out and most of the parts on hand feel free to make any suggestions or comments that may help me or someone in the future.

The control valve is a 3 spool Vickers model CM11. I found it in a scrap yard purchased for about $4.

The 1/2” tubing also from the scrap yard. There is no indication of specification or grade of steel. The only reason I suspect they are suitable for use is the the fittings on each end. There were 11 pieces of tubing I found, all the same length and all with 3/4” JIC fittings on each end. The females are braised on.

I decided to use flat face quick connects. These are bulkhead style with 3/4” JIC ends.

The mounting brackets for the valve and couplers are custom made.

I spent the better part of a day studying the best way to arrange the components. This is what I came up with.

 

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I noticed there are two different seat mounting structures on the 110 TLB. I suspect I have the earlier style.

To gain clearance for the steel lines, I trimmed away some of the gussets that support the seat bottom.

 

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The mounting bracket in place for the couplers. I suppose if I need more space I could make an extension to move the bracket rearward.

 

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The mounting bracket for the control valve in place. Like the coupler bracket, it is made from 1/8” sheet steel. I decided to attach with weld rather than screw.

 

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Well, I have decided to make some changes to both the valve and coupler brackets. I designed them without having any tubing or fittings on hand. Now that I do I see a better way.

Unfortunately, my shop is 200 miles away and I won’t be back there for another week. I intend to update this thread as soon as possible.

 

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After a few weeks of fumbling around with fittings and routing changes I have finished the work lines. I wanted to arrange all six lines along side to each other but the valve was too close to where the downward bend needed to be. I could have moved the valve forward but I had done so twice already and didn’t care to move it again.