Megawisdumb
Bronze Member
I'm going old school today as I have the auger hooked up. I haven't used this tool for many years as the pounder was so much easier....
I understand that part, but my main concern is this. With engine running and no flow out the coupler(s) then what happened to pump output? Is there another path for oil flow somewhere? A relief valve somewhere, or is the pump simply deadheaded? Has something in that train come off the rails?I see your question as when you use the pounder directly hooked up to the supply hose you lose all your other tractor functions - motion, FEL, etc.. I built the valve setup below to resolve this issue. On my BX it was a 1/4 setup, on my LX a 3/8. It allows me to plug back into the tractor return via the coupler and use the valve to divert fluid to tractor operations or pounder. However, for my basic question on the connectors I omitted this valve as it only complicates the basic quick on my couplers. My connectors fit but do not seem to be allowing fluid to flow which is way I bypassed this valve and showed it connected directly as that should work as well. In the photo below the female gets the tractor supply, one male goes to pounder the other male to back into tractor. The valve controls which one is getting the juice.
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