Picked up this 20 year old hoe last night

[elmer]

Got this little backhoe attachment from my brother. Lines are leaking what looks like a strawberry milk shake. I'm gonna R&R most of the lines.
Remove and clean the pivot pins. Change the grease zerks. Change the filter and hydro fluid and give her a go !

 

[elmer]

Got this little backhoe attachment from my brother. Lines are leaking what looks like a strawberry milk shake. I'm gonna R&R most of the lines.
Remove and clean the pivot pins. Change the grease zerks. Change the filter and hydro fluid and give her a go !

 

[belvedere]

clickbait!

 

[Shiftless]

 

[Michael_in_DE]

So you're saying you picked up a dirty hoe? That your brother is finished with? That hoe gets around.

 

[Shiftless]

Edit:
Now I see the pics

 

[kbuhagiar]

Admit it...

you got that backhoe attachment just so you could post the header of this thread...

 

[Meursault74]

Inspect it very carefully for any cracks. You'll know if you have a crack hoe.

 

[mikey03]

That title is funny bro I’m

 

[David99]

Inspect it very carefully for any cracks. You'll know if you have a crack hoe.

The "strawberry milk shake" leakage could be a bigger problem!

 

[Meursault74]

The "strawberry milk shake" leakage could be a bigger problem!

I thought the "milkshakes" brought the boys to the yards. So if it's all gone, it may be a problem

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

This thread title has left me so disappointed...

 

[elmer]

Backhoe has been sitting unused for maybe 15 yrs. Can't figure out why the hydro leaking from hose or hoses is this red color.
At this point fluid is to low to show on tractor dip stick.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Someone may have simply used transmission fluid in it. If it is pinkish looking it likely has water in the system

 

[Firebrick43]

The "strawberry milk shake" leakage could be a bigger problem!

In a hydraulic system milk shake look is water. The tractor can get water in the system thru torn shift boots if left outside or vapor cycles but the hoe isn't going to. After the oil is changed the problem is solved from the contamination point of view.

The pink is either atf (which is a hydraulic fluid so it wont hurt much) or more likely has dye added to it to find leaks. Very common in the industrial world and i have seen it in construction equipment as well.

 

[elmer]

Ok I googled it. Not unusual for hydro oil to be red. Just don't remember it being red going in last time I changed tractor hydro fluid.

 

[Firebrick43]

Ok I googled it. Not unusual for hydro oil to be red. Just don't remember it being red going in last time I changed tractor hydro fluid.

It could have been in the lines of the back hoe itself. There is quite a bit of oil in all the cylinders and lines of a backhoe.

 

[lund]

Just so long as the Hoe is over 18, i do not care what you do in the privacy of your barn. As they say in the SouthLands: "Whatever cranks your tractor."

 

[Retired dozer fixer]

Get ready for sticker shock when you start replacing those hoses. Make sure you purge the old oil in cylinders so you don’t contaminate fresh oil in tractor when you drain it. Make sure you change the hydraulic filter also. Just don’t go and put any old cheap oil back in. Get something good from New Holland or CaseIH. Hytran or TCH are good. John Deere has a good tractor hydraulic fluid. Even Dexron will work.

 

[elmer]

Ok thanks firebrick. I'm was planning on changing the hydro oil and filter anyway .

Get ready for sticker shock when you start replacing those hoses. Make sure you purge the old oil in cylinders so you don’t contaminate fresh oil in tractor when you drain it. Make sure you change the hydraulic filter also. Just don’t go and put any old cheap oil back in. Get something good from New Holland or CaseIH. Hytran or TCH are good. John Deere has a good tractor hydraulic fluid. Even Dexron will work.

Had six lines made up so far. was around 45 ft of line. Napa auto parts $576 plus tax. I'm thinking $40 filter, $200-300 for 5-6 gals hydro-oil. I have changed it several times so I know its pricy.

 

[elmer]

lund please be assured backhoe is of age. Not that kind of person, would never even cross my mind and even if it did I still would not do that sort of thing.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Exactly what a tractorphile would say.

 

[elmer]

I do have a thing for young tractors I'm not gunna lie but I think what I do in the privacy of my own barn should be my business

 

[four.cycle]

your thread title demands I post this

 

[Old Man Roger]

I do have a thing for young tractors I'm not gunna lie but I think what I do in the privacy of my own barn should be my business

your thread title demands I post this

lol