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RJsfishin
Jun 12, 2015Explorer
Yep, mine failed,.....too many safety switches that the hydraulic pump motor has to depend on connecting to operate. If it wasn't one switch, it was another.
And finding the poor contact was the biggest problem. All the contacts close the negative ground circuit to the pump. One day I got sic of it all, ran a ground wire from the pump, thru a momentary button switch on the dash (labeled "slide bypass") to the frame.
When ever the pump fails to run, I hit the switch, and it never misses a lick !
I call it,....process of "bypassinization", same as hot wiring the 12v motor in post above.
And finding the poor contact was the biggest problem. All the contacts close the negative ground circuit to the pump. One day I got sic of it all, ran a ground wire from the pump, thru a momentary button switch on the dash (labeled "slide bypass") to the frame.
When ever the pump fails to run, I hit the switch, and it never misses a lick !
I call it,....process of "bypassinization", same as hot wiring the 12v motor in post above.
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