RanchTX
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I have a 2004 John Deere 230CLC with about 5800 hours. I've owned it for about 5 months now and have noticed that it's underpowered, which is especially prevalent when trying to do multiple functions, like boom up and swing simultaneously. I got to looking a the pump and not noticed that on the left side regulator, the left wire connection is unplugged from the solenoid on top of the regulator. The wire is just sitting off to the side, will the wire for the left side is still plugged in.
When I plug the wire back into the connector, the machine bogs down with any kind of movement at all. Simply booming up will almost stall the engine. If you unplug it, then you can go back to "normal" and the machine is useable, however, on average it is 2-3 seconds slower than the spec for the different cycle time tests. The machine will still dig and get a full bucket, it's just a lot slower than normal.
Does it sound like the solenoid is bad or maybe the entire regulator?
Here is a picture for reference:

When I plug the wire back into the connector, the machine bogs down with any kind of movement at all. Simply booming up will almost stall the engine. If you unplug it, then you can go back to "normal" and the machine is useable, however, on average it is 2-3 seconds slower than the spec for the different cycle time tests. The machine will still dig and get a full bucket, it's just a lot slower than normal.
Does it sound like the solenoid is bad or maybe the entire regulator?
Here is a picture for reference:
