245622

After hours looking online for some information about location of my covertible motor/pump I was lucky to find its location and I found the pump almost empty , so I filled it up and worked for one minute so the top finally got up. Helpfully because the rain was just waiting. This is the dilema as the mechanism worked the fuild leaked almost completely through the connection of the motor and the pump. My question is: Could I disassembly and repair it myselft ?? Or I have to purchase a new one? I do not want to spend any money now so I will work as hard as I could to reduce $$$$$ for this task. It seems motor, fuses and the rest of the system are ok. It is according to what I saw , just no enough fluid in the pump. Thanks in advance. I wonder if it is commun sense reparation or it is more complicated that what I think. Thanks in advance for your answers.

scan1959

The motor IS the pump. I don't understand where the fluid is going.

Have you looked at the top of the hydraulic cylinder to see if it is seeping out there? If it is, you don't need to work on the motor/pump. You need to buy and install a new cylinder.

Are all the fittings attached, or is one of them sheared off?

Motors are not considered repairable. They aren't that expensive to buy a new one either.

245622

Thanks for your respond. The motor/pump has two compartments. One is for the electrical motor and the other for the oil or transmission fluid. There is central connection between
those. The leaks occurs in that central connection.

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scan1959

The connection you are referring to is the metal threaded "fitting" where the hose is connected to the pump chamber. The plastic hose is crimped to this metal fitting and then goes to a "T" before it goes out to the hydraulic cylinder (to either the top or bottom).

On the other side of the pump is another fitting and hose that is exactly like the first one.

So now that we know that the fluid is leaking at this fitting, it is telling me that you first need to try to tighten it (the previous owner might have had a wrench on it at some point in time), or, if it is leaking, this means that the plastic hose has turned brittle and you need to replace the fluid hose(available at 'Stang supply businesses). If you think that this is NOT the situation you are dealing with, let's try again.

Good luck,
scan