10-25-2022, 09:08 AM
The pins are hydraulic.
The check valve is internal to the ram cylinder, you can’t see it unless you take the cylinder out. And removing that cylinder is an all day circus.
This next check is a bit redneck, but that is my super power. The lines for the ram exit into the fender well, and then go through the frame rail into the belly of the beast. If you can locate the connection fittings, you could crack them and activate the switch. Cover then with rags so you don’t squirt ATF everywhere. And certainly don’t get near a hydraulic leak. But if they spew fluid when holding the switch, you have isolated the problem to the ram or something in the mechanism. If they don’t spew fluid, the problem is at the pump/solenoids/control board.
The check valve is internal to the ram cylinder, you can’t see it unless you take the cylinder out. And removing that cylinder is an all day circus.
This next check is a bit redneck, but that is my super power. The lines for the ram exit into the fender well, and then go through the frame rail into the belly of the beast. If you can locate the connection fittings, you could crack them and activate the switch. Cover then with rags so you don’t squirt ATF everywhere. And certainly don’t get near a hydraulic leak. But if they spew fluid when holding the switch, you have isolated the problem to the ram or something in the mechanism. If they don’t spew fluid, the problem is at the pump/solenoids/control board.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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