TO35 Lift Stuck Up

DrLoch

Member
I started a thread about my neighbors TO20 lift issues and now today I have one of my own. I was pulling a box blade with the ripper teeth down and apparently hooked a root while I was lifting it. It went (jumped) up and I can't lower it with the adjustment handle. It is drifting down slowly though. I've removed the side cover and it appears that the control lever mechanism isn't connected or the control valve is stuck in the up position. If that is the problem what is the best method of getting unstuck? The MF14 manual I have is about useless. If there a better manual for this model? I ran into the same thing when I was working on the motor. The way I'm going I may be able to write my own manual by the time I'm through.
 
Isn't the MF 14 a lawn tractor manual????? The MF 14 and TO 35 are different so I can only imagine that manual did not do much for your TO 35. I would guess if you got a manual for a TO 35 you may be able to fix it.
 
I don't have my manual in front of me, but sounds
like something is going on with the draft control.
Try moving the draft control lever, if it will
move, see if the lift will go down.

If not, working through the right inspection
cover, you can push the roller on the control
valve to the side and disengage it from the
levers. Then you can operate the lift directly
with the valve, watch it go up and down. BUT!!! Be
careful reaching in there with it running! And
don't over travel it up!

If it will move the arms up and down by manually
actuating the valve, and the valve is spring
loaded against the lever from above, then the
valve is working.

Problem is likely in the lever system and draft
control. If the rubber boot is rotted away around
the draft control link under the seat, there may
be rust accumulation on the linkage. The cover
will need to be removed and everything cleaned and
freed up.

Please get a manual first, before taking my
failing memory seriously! LOL
 
OK thank you. I was not aware of how I&T did their books as I believe in getting the original company manuals then you have a reason to be upset it you can't find out how to take care of the problem.
 
The manual I have is a MF-14 for a TO35 with standard diesel.

Steve, I tried moving both the draft control and the lift control lever and the lift still stayed up. I have removed the side cover, I see the roller for the control valve linkage. The lever for the control valve coming from above to actuate the control valve linage below doesn't appear to be moving very far looking through the side cover. Which way do I need to push the control valve lever to lower?

It has drifted down quite a bit over night but it's still not all the way down. What happens if the lift was over extended, which is what I believe has happened?

Which manual is the one I need? Obviously the one I have isn't cutting it.

Thanks for your help
 
I also like the original service books, but I also have the I&T because it came with one of the 35s I bought so I saw the MF-14 on the cover. Sometimes the I&T can have a morsel of info that the service books doesn't but overall the original service book is far more complete.

Dan
 
You would push the roller towards the front of the tractor to get the lift to drop. The control valve spring should be trying to push it that way anyway if the control rods aren't in the way. If you push the roller towards the back of the tractor that should raise the lift and you should feel that you are working against a spring. If you don't feel any spring action, either the control valve is stuck in the pump or the circlip has come out of the front of the pump allowing the control valve spring to escape. I bought an MF50 that had the lift stuck in the up position and the spring had come out of the pump.

Dan
 
I have found a manual on a 35 series which a[b:997eb823c8] lot[/b:997eb823c8] more information. I see how the control valve works now.
 
Last night when I got home from work the lift was still about 12 inches from the ground with the box blade still attached. I managed to get it on a rolling cart and removed it from the lift arms and rolled it out of the way. I then undid the links from the lift arms and then removed the oil transfer cap and tube at which point I could push the lift arms down, but not without shooting oil in the air..... :~) which tells me the lift piston rings are good. I then removed the lift cover bolts and removed the lift cover with an engine cherry picker. Once I had the cover out of the way I drained some of the oil out so I could see the top of the pump and the hole the transfer tube went into. I then was able to move valve actuating lever and move the control valve spool. I couldn't move it when the cover was on which leads me to believe the the lift and draft lever/s may have jumped over the valve actuating lever. Also when crank the motor over with the starter and move the valve actuating lever and I could see that oil flowed out of the oil transfer tube port or drain down so I believe the valve/spool actuating rod is good as well.

I drained the rest of the fluid out of the transmission/pump area as it looked to still be mixed with water. I also did that when I worked on the motor as well. I will reuse some after I run it through a water removing filter. I will also clean the pump suction strainer since it had a some trash on it. Other than that I believe I'll be able to check the setting on the lift and draft levers. The manual I now have is very informative about how to make those adjustments.
 
My email is open if you still want a copy of the FE 35 manual on cd. All the I&T manuals are good for is to tell you just enough information to get you into trouble.
 
Jason, thank you for the offer, that is the manual I have now. I agree with you on the I & T manual. I believe I may use some of the A&T manual pages to start my next bonfire.

I got everything back together last night rehung the box blade and the lift works fine now. I replaced the fluid and made all the adjustments as per the FE35 manual. I need to build a fixture to hold the lift covers while working on them. I have a couple of engine stands that I could make adapters to do that I believe.

Now onto my neighbors TO20 lift.
 

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Back
Top