My thoughts on the 12V pump would be to tie it into the hydraulic system with check valves to keep it out of the system unless it's needeed. In the event that the engine died and it began to free wheel the pump would be activated by switch and hopefully give the hydraulic power needed to get the machine to a level area . I am not looking for the electric pump to move the machine any distance other than to an area where it can be stopped. . The machine is old and I am in the process of getting it back in shape before using it . It runs but I have to replace an idler barring so as of now I have no way to see exactly what it would do without engine power. . Unfortunately there is not much information on the series 1000. When I picked the machine up with a flat bed tow truck the machine had to be running and " held " in place until the bed of the truck could be leveled. It does have a problem with " bypass" of hydraulics ( the bucket will slowly drop when raised ) so I know a valve (s) need to be rebuilt. The only good thing right now is I got the machine for free. ( or maybe that's not going to be a good thing in the end lol.) what I am looking for is some way to fabricate a braking system either hydraulic or mechanical
The problem i see is plumbing into the main hydraulic system is it will only feed oil into the lift/tilt curcuit, it will not help the wheels stop unless you can dig the bucket or attachment into the ground to stop you.
I'm assuming this machine uses a vairable displacement piston pump for the drive system, if that is the case is ee issues, if not, your idea could work.
On a puston pmp setup, to tie into the drive motors will be a bit more complicated as it will reach 5,000 PSI and how the rotating group runs, i don't know if you can get the fluid to circulate how you hope to. Then, how will you control direction? as the levers alter the amount eh pistons move, generating fluid flow to the motors.
Honestly, if you are going to this much effort, could you setup some sort of hydraulic brake disc setup out of a car? I remember one model had manual brakes like this, i can't remember how it was setup though, but it's an option. I have seen trailers with hydraulic brakes that you can pull a handle to lock up, it may be something you can fabri-cobble to do the job?