Bleeding winch hydraulics?

[rhurey]

Put a wet kit and winch on a M923, and after the PTO install things seemed to go pretty well.

But before I fire it up and re-wind the cable on the winch...

I looked in the TM, and can't find out if there's a procedure for bleeding all the air out of the hydraulic lines. Seems to simple to just engage the PTO and go. I missing something?

 

[R Racing]

Yes that should work. It's not a engine. So the air will find its way out as you use it.

 

[Baradium]

How was the install? I'm going to be doing one this spring (I'm adverse to that kind of work in snow if I can avoid it).

 

[quickfarms]

Keep an eye on the reservoir for foaming and oil level

 

[74M35A2]

Agree with above, no bleeding required. Just engage it and go, as long as fluid level is up. Leave room for expansion.

 

[rhurey]

How was the install? I'm going to be doing one this spring (I'm adverse to that kind of work in snow if I can avoid it).

PTO was a pain. I updated some thread with the exact steps it took to get it aligned. Can be done w/o moving transmission.

Everything else was fairly painless. Since I got a wet kit (from a marine truck) and winch from different sources, I had to acquire the fittings from the valves to the winch, and getting them all installed on the valve was a bit of a Tetris puzzle. lmk if you want the set of parts I ended up with from surplus center to get everything to fit.

 

[Baradium]

I am getting everything from one truck, so I'm hoping I won't need anything extra, but I will definately keep that in mind, thanks!