Not a creation more of a fix
my dad (who is 93

) uses my old Takeuchi as a garden implement (made him a big rake for it etc.) but it was very slow on one side tracking so brought it back to the yard for a diagnosis

after a few pressure readings were taken found one side of the dual piston pump was down on pressure
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so off with the back of the machine and fuel tank to get access the the pump
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drop the hydraulic oil and off with the pump
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then to find a clean area in me shed
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pull the pump to bits to find a few scores in the brass end

that runs on the piston barrel bit
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now after a bit of wetโnโdry 1200 on a mirror (for the flat surface

)
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all the ridges rubbed out
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before after
then bang it all back together and
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pressure back to normal (I backed the screw off on the pump when I dissembled it so needs a little tweak

)
not a bad mornings work
