Ford 3610 3-pt lift problem

Ron4599

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I just bought a Ford 3610, and everything worked well on it. I used it to roto-till for about 1/2 hour and now the three point won't lift any weight. It will lift with engine idled up some and no weight on it, but if you even just stand on one of the lower arms it can't lift my body weight. The front end loader works fine. PTO works fine. Not sure about the draft control though, as I don't know how it is supposed to work. The draft control lever has almost no travel to it when you push it down or lift it up. If you pull out on the draft lever (horizontal pull) the shaft and lever move out about 3/8" and that slop or travel is there. The only time it feels like the lever is doing anything is when you push down on it while dropping the 3pt with the position lever at the same time, and then it stops the arms from dropping until you let off the pressure.

Hoping someone can help. I have a terminal diagnosis and was hoping to get my place in order before I can no longer do any work so my wife can maximize selling price on the place. PLEASE HELP if you know this machine.
 
That is what I assumed as well. I've pulled the four-way valve and the cover plate on three-point hydraulics and have that open. Don't see any obvious problems so far. All the O-rings look good and everything seems connected on the draft control but I guess I don't know what I'm really looking at. Thought I might find something obvious like a broken o-ring or something plugged but so far I have not found it.
 

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