Adding Hydraulics to my 1250...what ports?
 

So I bought the hydraulic linkage from Bolivier with everything, minus the hydrostat with the ports. Can someone point me in the direction on what ports I am looking for? What is compatible with my model?

In order to add hydraulic lift to your machine, you have to have a ported pump. If you aren't sure if your pump is ported, post a pic of it. Easier to tell you, than to explain how to tell the difference between ported and non.

This may help..

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Ohh mine is certainly not ported. But, are there different makes to these pumps that won't work my with my rear axle? Or will all ported hydro pumps work?

IE:



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cub-Cadet-Po...item2ed7a88141

IH used three (3) Sundstrand Hydro Units.

(A) Non Ported
(B) Ported
(C) SGT ported

Any IH Ported Pump will work.

Excellent! What is SGT Ported?

Super garden tractor

ok, so can ported pumps have either manual or automatic relief valves? Or do they have to be one or the other? The reason I ask is, I just bought brand new relief valves, automatic, for my current non ported pump. I'd be disappointed if I can't use them in a ported pump.

The valves are interchangeable. Yes, they will work.

Don't some pumps have a splined shaft for the drive shaft, and others have a non splined shaft? He would want one without the splined shaft, correct?

Yes that is correct, but those units are the later units after Sundstrand was bought out by Sauer/Danfoss. FWIW, I'm almost 100% sure you can swap the shafts if you absolutely needed to. Unless you have a unit laying around that you wanted to use, there is no need to though. The hydro units are sooooo easy to find.

NOT the IH specified Sundstrand Units. As stated previous, they used three.

Make sure you don't get one for a SGT, the output shaft is different and it won't work on your 1250.

Here is one on Flea Bay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cub-Cadet-14...item3f3b2ebc7b

Give the sponsors at the top of the page a call, I'd bet they have a few.

I picked up a free john deere 318 hydro pump. So i took the front cover off with the ports and put it on a non ported cub pump i had laying around. I have not used it yet but everything went together just fine.

Yes, the pumps are the same and you can do that. Hope you just used the cover, and not the brass valve plates.... If you do that, you should keep the valve plates with the pump they came from. :beerchug:

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It is good that you mention that in case anyone does this. The brass plates need to stay with the rotating group that they were removed from. Switching them could cause internal leaks and premature failures.

Yeah..... that's what I said.

OldCubby

Don't know if you are still looking for a pump but one of the members has one for sale. Link to his ad.

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...788#post291788