Finally got that cantankerous SOB hose loose this afternoon. I took a 1" ratchet strap and hog tied the hose and winched it up to where it could be shoved into another position away from the tractor frame. I then took the lug wrench from my truck and while holding the collar back on the quick connect, was able to get the male plug to move just a bit. It was enough the collar would not slam back closed so again using the lug wrench, I placed the flat part of this on the hose end, and smacked the other end with a pipe wrench as had no hammer with me. Viola!! the connection separated so now both input, and outlet of the rear valve body are hanging free.
I could not get either end of the 7241A fittings to break loose from their hose threads but all I had was a 24" Rigid pipe wrench and a 20" adjustable wrench. I was laying into these connections with all I had but they'll not budge. I'll get them apart tomorrow as I'll drag my welder and torches behind my truck.
I did get the "jumper" hose built up today. Not going to worry about any kind of routing; just want to get the tractor home to work on it inside. I then called the hydraulics shop for an ETA when they would pick up my rear swing cylinders and was told "it could be next week" as the route driver is sick..... At that point in the game, "Bullshit" was called, and I tore into them myself.
Gotta love the condition of the hoses:
Going to need a new rod in this cylinder:
The cylinder with the scored rod had a bit of water in the bore but I think I can hone it out acceptably well. 3.5" bore, 1.5" rod, and about 21" of stroke with pressure relief/bumper cushioning at stroke bottoming. Pretty standard seal set and I really didn't notice anything too terrible bad in the glands so they should be alright for reuse also. We'll see once everything is cleaned up reasonable well. I stripped out all the soft parts and will run over to another hydraulic shop tomorrow afternoon and see if they can set me up with parts. I can test these to about 1500psi with my line boring pumping unit but it won't go any higher in pressure but that's probably enough to test with.
26 years now that old Dodge has made a pretty good workbench for me too.....