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Refill Hydraulic Fluid (Maintenance)

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What happens here

During the clearing operation, the skid steer experiences a hydraulic fluid leak, necessitating a refill. The operator uses a Macnaught rechargeable fluid pump, designed to fit into a 5-gallon bucket of hydraulic fluid. The pump is easily attached to a new bucket by removing its lid, pulling a tab, and screwing the pump's adapter onto the bucket opening. The power button activates the pump, which then automatically shuts off once the desired pressure or fluid level is reached, making the refilling process quick and hands-free.

Goal: A brief interruption occurs to refill the skid steer's hydraulic fluid using a specialized Macnaught rechargeable pump, demonstrating efficient fluid transfer from bulk containers.

Tools and materials

  • 5-gallon Bucket of Hydraulic Fluid
  • John Deere 250 Skid Steer
  • Hydraulic Fluid

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so [Music] all right guys it never fails if something goes wrong always i've got a little bit of a hydraulic leak so i had to zip back to the house and i'm only like maybe a mile from my house and this is what we're using so i use high guard in this machine and this is an awesome pump that goes in a five gallon bucket so when you're filling up something like this that has hydraulics all you got to do is squeeze the trigger on this hose and it'll fill it up really really easy it's a rechargeable battery system and it saves you so much time and frustration picking up a five gallon bucket so when we do our oil we use five gallon buckets we buy it in bulk so that we save a little bit of money that's what that is mcnaught i'll post a link down the video description for you so we're faced with a unique opportunity because i was almost out of hydraulic fluid in this in this bucket right here so we're presented with a pretty cool unique opportunity we're going to take off the mcnaught pump and put it on a new bucket so the way it comes off it just screws off very simple there's a pickup tube down in there okay this pickup tube is uh adjustable so you can get it at the very bottom of the bucket and right here i'll show you on the on the spout of the bucket there's an adapter so all you do is take the lid off the bucket very simple let me angle the camera down for you take the lid off the bucket pull the tab to open it put the adapter on just like so if it'll go on there today there we go put the adapter on snug it down slide our spout down in here very simple and then screw it in place hit the power button [Applause] starts picking up and it shuts off when it's reached the amount of pressure that it needs to reach pretty cool [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so

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