HOW TO EASILY FIX TRACTOR HYDRAULICS

Exercices

1. You are going to listen to a woman called Rachel Gingell talk about tractor mechanics. Imagine what she is going to explain from the title and the following words:

hydraulic oil                a blow-off nozzle                a hydraulic pump                a three-point

2. Listening and Writing. Listen and take notes then write a short paragraph in English to explain what you have understood from the video.

3. Reading and Listening. Read and complete the transcript. Listen to check your answers.

4. Vocabulary. Find the translation of the following words in English in the transcript:

5. Writing. Write repair instructions: briefly explain the different steps to perform the technique Rachel presents in her video.

HOW TO EASILY FIX TRACTOR HYDRAULICS

1. working properly, technique, put pressure, nozzle,issue, low-idle, start up, add, dipstick, three-point, prime, reservoir, evaluate,

Hi my name is Rachel, we are going to talk about how to ________________1 the hydraulic system on your tractor. Maybe your tractor has been sitting in an estate for a while and when you go to use it the hydraulics don’t work. The ________________2 doesn’t go up and down and this is an easy ________________3 that will save you a lot of grief so that you can get the ________________4 on the hydraulic pump.

So the very first thing that you want to evaluate just pull your _________________5 out of your hydraulic ________________6 and make sure that it does indeed have clean hydraulic oil in it. It doesn’t have water or anything like that. If you discover that yours doesn’t, go ahead and ________________7 some hydraulic oil in there cause that will be essential to your hydraulics _______________  _________________8.

The next thing that you want to do is use a blow-off __________________9 this one has a point on it is the good type to use inside your hydraulic pump here. We’re gonna ____ some _________ 10 into the reservoir and this will make the hydraulic oil that’s in the reservoir come up into the pump so that you can get a prime on your hydraulic pump. So ________________ the tractor ________________11, I’ll put it down on ________________12 put the pressure in the pump until the hydraulics work and then we’ll talk about it.

Start the tractor up here. When you are working on a tractor that does indeed have a hydraulic ________________13 you will definitely need to blow pressure in there longer. You might need to blow up to a minute just keep testing the hydraulics until that works. And then when you are done, when the hydraulics work make sure you don’t pull your blow-off nozzle out of there right away because you’ve got pressure in there, the hydraulic oil will come and blow up on you which you don’t want to happen.

2. leak (x2), crack, vane, notice, trick, diagnose, fix, piston

When you are putting pressure in there and the oil is moving from the reservoir to the pump. You might ________________14 that it’s leaking somewhere. It might __________ 15 somewhere within the lines it might ________________15 up here which would show that you have a ________________16 within your hydraulic pump and that will help you _______________17 where you need to work on the hydraulic system. However 90 % of the time, this ________________18 by putting there pressure in the reservoir will indeed ________________19 your hydraulic problems.

This technique will work on any tractor that has an external hydraulic pump. The tractor that I demonstrate on has a ________________20 type pump, this will work on a ________________21 pump as well so it’s definitely a technique that will work on many tractors and help you get those hydraulics working.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkv0MfmFupw 

1. Make sure there is clean oil in the oil tank.
2. If there isn’t, add some hydraulic oil
3. Start the tractor up
4. Put it on low idle
5. Put some pressure in the oil tank by blowing air with a blow off nozzle
6. Check for leaks on the pipes
7. This technique will work 90% of the times on piston and vane pumps

Hi my name is Rachel, we are going to talk about how to evaluate the hydraulic system on your tractor. Maybe your tractor has been sitting in a estate for a while and when you go to use it the hydraulics don’t work. The three point (hitch) doesn’t go up and down and this is an easy technique that will save you a lot of grief so that you can get a prime on the hydraulic pump

So the very first thing that you want to evaluate just pull the dipstick out of your hydraulic reservoir and make sure that it does indeed have clean hydraulic oil in it. It doesn’t have water or anything like that. If you discover that your doesn’t, go ahead and add some hydraulic oil in there ‘cause that will be  essential to your hydraulics working properly.

The next thing that you want to do is use a blow-off nozzle this one has  a point on it is the good type to use inside your hydraulic pump here. We’re gonna blow some pressure into the reservoir and this will make the hydraulic oil that’s in the reservoir come up into the pipe so that you can get a prime on your hydraulic pump. So start the tractor up, I’ll put it down on low idle put the pressure in the pump until the hydraulics work and then we’ll talk about it.

Start the tractor up here. When you are working on a tractor that does indeed have a hydraulic issue you will definitely need to blow pressure in there longer. You might need to blow up to a minute just keep blowing in there until that works. And then when you are done, when the hydraulics work make sure you don’t pull your blow-off nozzle out of there right away because you will you got pressure in there, the hydraulic oil will come and blow up on you which you don’t want to happen.

When you are putting pressure in there and the oil is moving from the reservoir to the pump. You might notice that it’s leaking somewhere. It might leak somewhere within the lines it might leak up here which would show that you have a crack within your hydraulic pump and that will help you diagnose where you need to work on the hydraulic system. However 90 % of the time, this trick by putting there pressure in the reservoir will indeed fix your hydraulic problems.

This technique will work on any tractor that has an external hydraulic pump. The tractor that I demonstrate on has a piston type pump, this will work on a vane pump as well so it’s definitely a technique that will work on many tractors and help you get those hydraulics working