Power steering rebuild on early Ford 4000 with the cylinder on the left side

[rangerfredbob]

This tractor has the "single cylinder on left side of tractor" type, we rebuilt the cylinder part which is ok but there's the bleeding portion that we are unfamiliar with and now it's leaking at the 2 O rings at the valve end I'm thinking.

Any pointers for bleeding the system and dealing with the valve? Before we tore it apart yesterday it worked but leaked like heck out of the parachute seal on the ram... All parts were accounted for that we know of, the sliding valve at the bottom that senses the pressure from the bar on the tie rod is in place, unless there was a ball behind it or something...

Thanks!

 

[rangerfredbob]

Solved, there was a check ball behind that valve that fell out into the drain pan...