There’s a hydraulics trainer from the USA who has put a hand pump and a bunch of connectors into a fancy box. And he promotes this kit around the world as a hydraulic troubleshooting system. Like a crusader.

One of my Hydraulics Pro Club members asked me for my thoughts on it. Not the crusader. His hand pump troubleshooting doohickey.… Read more

In The Hydraulic Troubleshooting Handbook I define and explain 12 principles for troubleshooting anything successfully. And I use examples from various fields of endeavor, in addition to hydraulics, including medicine and IT.

Troubleshooting Principle #5 is: Never Take Anyone Else’s Word For It. And I observed a good example of the application of this principle recently when, after moving … Read more

Despite his mother’s horror and protestations, my 18 year old son recently bought a motorcycle. It’s a Japanese, hog style machine. Ben would quite like a H.D. but that’s WAY out of his price range. The bike he got is 13 years old with 15,000 km (9,300 miles) on the dial. So he didn’t pay a lot for it. In … Read more