Faunsdale, AL | DREWSDAD - 2/8/2013 15:47
I have one not in use. The other thing I would recommend is to take the return back to filter, the system will run cooler.
On our 4440 we also found that the return oil from hydraulic motors needs to "stay in the circuit" by returning through the SCV or power beyond block Or you could use a ported filter cover if you wanted, Did not work for us and I would say DO NOT return this oil to transmission case UNLESS you have a 3rd case drain line on your hydraulic motor. These need to be connected back to the rear end housing so no back pressure.
If you dump the return oil into the transmission case, the transmission lube/charge pump which pushes oil forward cannot deliver as much to the oil cooler as if the return oil stays in the circuit, returning between charge pump and front pump. Then the oil the charge pump picks up blends with the return oil and more oil flows through the front pump and on to the oil cooler, returning to the transmission case cooled. If you dump the return oil from a motor or other high volume hydraulic functions back into the transmission case, the front pump pushes a greater % of the oil that comes to it out to the hydraulic functions and less goes through the oil cooler. Oil returning from hydraulic functions is hot and heats up the transmission as well better to send it to the cooler where it needs to go instead of into the transmission.
When we got a vacuum planter, local Deere dealer mechanic recommended returning oil from vacuum motor to rear housing by removing a plug used for adjusting rock shaft linkage I believe and installing a coupler there. We didn't know any better and followed the recommendation until we found we didn't have enough hydraulic flow to operate vacuum motor, lift 3 pt hitch and row markers all at the same time. Were having to stop the vacuum motor to do the rest of the things and the rear housing was getting HOT! Finally thought about it and plugged the return hose into the SCV along with the pressure hose to the motor and all of a sudden we had a lot more hydraulic capacity and kept cooler.
When you use the SCV for a high speed hydraulic motor, you need to stop it by moving the lever into float instead of hold. So you operate the motor by pushing the lever forward to the lower position from hold and put a filler strip in the slot behind it, so it cannot be pulled back to hold, only pulled back far enough to operate motor. This keeps from suddenly locking the hydraulic pump up when you stop it. |