Power Steering Pump Installed On Ford 9N Tractor

Power Steering Pump Installed On Ford 9N Tractor MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pumps 26-6-38 Charles Hoyt, Medina, Ohio: "When I bought a used Ford 9N tractor, it was equipped with a pto-driven hydraulic pump. I wanted the tractor to have two hydraulic systems so I installed a power steering pump that's belt-driven off the tractor's alternator. I made a double pulley out of piece of aluminum and put two different size grooves in it - a 5/8-in. wide one for the alternator belt and a 1/2-in. wide one for the power steering pump. "I also installed a selector valve between the original valve and the tractor's 3-pt. lift cylinder. The selector valve allows me to switch between using the 3-pt. hitch or the tractor's hydraulic outlets. I use the pto-driven pump to operate my log splitter and the power steering pump to operate a front-mount snowplow. That way when I push the clutch in I don't have to worry about killing the hydraulics to whatever implement I'm using. I also use the pto-driven pump to operate the 3-pt. lift cylinder and a boom. I mounted a pilot-operated check valve on the head end of the cylinder so if a hose breaks or a valve leaks, the cylinder stays put. "I made my own wood burning stove and mounted a heat exchanger inside the stove pipe. I use it to heat my 32 by 28-ft. shop building which has an 11-ft. high ceiling, as well as a 12-ft. wide, 28-ft. long area where ductwork from the furnace goes. The stove is hooked up to a 100,000 btu fuel oil furnace in my shop and automatically shuts the furnace off to save on fuel bills. "The heat exchanger was made from an old freon tank which I got from a neighbor. I cut the tank down and lined it with firebrick to make it airtight, then mounted the milk cooler fan on the back side of it. I put a nipple on the bottom and top of the unit. Heat coming up from the stove goes around inside the freon tank and out the stove pipe. A thermostat switch is wired to the smokestack so as soon as the smokestack gets hot it turns the milk cooler fan on. "To heat up my shop, first I start up the fuel oil furnace. Then I start building up a fire in the wood stove. Once the fire gets going good, it'll automatically shut off the furnace."

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