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Hello everyone! First post here. I've found myself in a bit of a pickle and this site seems to have the most helpful crew. My wife's grandfather passed away unexpectedly about a month ago and I've been tasked with using the Ford 801 Powermaster (I'm not sure on the year, still catching up) to bush hog the pastures at the farm. Last weekend the spool valve for the loader blew a fitting and I have no idea what it was.
For a little background, I used to work in a repair shop and I know my way around most equipment but I am no tractor expert by a country mile.
I'm not sure what the brand is for the loader assembly. I'm still digging through his file cabinet of manuals hoping to find something. What I can tell you is the bucket bracket on the right side where the controls are has the fluid reservoir, the breather sits at the top and the spool valve mounts on a steel plate that has a bottom return line into the bucket bracket. The two-spool valve is bottom fed and bottom return, with the feed from a hose (the return goes through the mounting bracket). After using an easy-out to remove the fitting and capping the port, I drove the tractor to the shop for closer inspection. I ended up removing it because I noticed metal inside and thought I should flush it out. It appears the fitting used some sort of mushroom shaped poppet valve (maybe a load check) and when the threads blew out, part of it got stuck leaving me a clue. The remnants look to be a load check plug but I'm not 100% sure. The only information on the spool valve is "F8" stamped into the body and "2737" cast into another spot. I don't think it's a pressure relief valve. I'm pretty sure that part is okay (the piece with the cap/spring/ball bearing).
I know it still works okay (minus whatever metals shards might be flowing through the system now). When I had this port capped I could still raise and lower the boom/bucket.
I'm at a loss. I did order some parts from a Cross valve just to see if they'd fit. They are parts 1, 7 and 19 from this page:
http://www.crossmfg.com/images/parts/BA-Two-Spool-Valve-Parts-large.jpg
I've linked to some pictures for reference. They are quite large and if I embedded them, they'd take up all the space on the post! I can resize and include them here if needed.
I'm hoping someone has seem this valve before and might be able to help me out! It seems any modern replacement would require plumbing new lines for the return as new valves port from the side and not the bottom.
Thanks in advance,
Josh
https://imgur.com/QujY759
https://imgur.com/86iGeay
https://imgur.com/Jag1LMY
https://imgur.com/8PjlmFK
https://imgur.com/DEZADtw
https://imgur.com/W53kc3h
https://imgur.com/aDY5ZAD
https://imgur.com/G0XdqHT
For a little background, I used to work in a repair shop and I know my way around most equipment but I am no tractor expert by a country mile.
I'm not sure what the brand is for the loader assembly. I'm still digging through his file cabinet of manuals hoping to find something. What I can tell you is the bucket bracket on the right side where the controls are has the fluid reservoir, the breather sits at the top and the spool valve mounts on a steel plate that has a bottom return line into the bucket bracket. The two-spool valve is bottom fed and bottom return, with the feed from a hose (the return goes through the mounting bracket). After using an easy-out to remove the fitting and capping the port, I drove the tractor to the shop for closer inspection. I ended up removing it because I noticed metal inside and thought I should flush it out. It appears the fitting used some sort of mushroom shaped poppet valve (maybe a load check) and when the threads blew out, part of it got stuck leaving me a clue. The remnants look to be a load check plug but I'm not 100% sure. The only information on the spool valve is "F8" stamped into the body and "2737" cast into another spot. I don't think it's a pressure relief valve. I'm pretty sure that part is okay (the piece with the cap/spring/ball bearing).
I know it still works okay (minus whatever metals shards might be flowing through the system now). When I had this port capped I could still raise and lower the boom/bucket.
I'm at a loss. I did order some parts from a Cross valve just to see if they'd fit. They are parts 1, 7 and 19 from this page:
http://www.crossmfg.com/images/parts/BA-Two-Spool-Valve-Parts-large.jpg
I've linked to some pictures for reference. They are quite large and if I embedded them, they'd take up all the space on the post! I can resize and include them here if needed.
I'm hoping someone has seem this valve before and might be able to help me out! It seems any modern replacement would require plumbing new lines for the return as new valves port from the side and not the bottom.
Thanks in advance,
Josh
https://imgur.com/QujY759
https://imgur.com/86iGeay
https://imgur.com/Jag1LMY
https://imgur.com/8PjlmFK
https://imgur.com/DEZADtw
https://imgur.com/W53kc3h
https://imgur.com/aDY5ZAD
https://imgur.com/G0XdqHT