Hydraulic Diverter MF65

I have this hydraulic diverter or very similar on my tractor. Nothing is connected to it. When moved, it will shut the port to the 3 point. Can someone tell me how to use this, what fitting to hook up hose to operate cylinder on my brush hog.


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Great illustrations! So, what I understand from this is that the diverter valve is there only to direct where the hydraulic oil travels to and will NOT by itself operate a cylinder, correct?
 
The diverter valve will operate a one way cylinder. That is where the weight of the attachment will return oil thru the diverter. Attach one hose from the diverter valve to the attachment, place the lift lever in the down position, shift diverter to the hose port, place the lift lever in the up position to apply pressure to the cylinder.

Attached is a picture of my setup to operate my top-link cylinder (two way) when using my box and scraper blades.
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Thanks for your reply!

When you say lift lever, are you talking about the lever for the 3 point? The diverter will change what the 3 point lever operates?
 
Yes, I speak of the position control lever for the three point. The diverter valve on my 150 has three ports. So I could use three different cylinders, but would need three directional valves to operate them.

My setup really saves a lot of climbing off/on tractor to adjust the top link :)
 

On the back side of the diverter, there are two inlet/outlets that have 3/8" npt plugs in them, can I hook the hose that would operate the cylinder on my brush hog to either of these 2 ports? And the weight of my brush hog will push oil back to tractor.

You're really being helpful, sorry I'm not getting it right away.
 
I don't know the setup of your diverter valve. Was there any instructions or layout of those ports in the package your valve came in? I guess you could blow air thru it from the mating surface side after removing those plugs and see where it goes while shifting the valve. That is if the valve isn't mounted yet :)

Is that valve a two or three position type. Are there detents to hold it in position?

PTfarmer may jump back in to help with your question.
 

The diverter valve had been installed by previous owners somewhere down the line. There are not detents, the lever moves from front to back, the 3 point operates with the lever pointing straight up.

This is what I'm wondering....

If I hook a hose/coupling up to one of the 3/8" ports on the back side, and move the diverter to front or rear position, should the 3 point lever be what will push the oil thru the port? Of course front or rear would depend on which 3/8" port the hose is connected to.
 
The diverter valve is simply an on/off valve. Off, the oil will operate the three point lift. On, will send the oil out your 3/8 port to a cylinder after moving the three point lever towards up. The three point will NOT operate with the diverter in the on position. I hope this helps.

I will check back in tomorrow to see progress. I'm getting ready to attend my 50th High School Reunion. Somehow I got stuck on the committee and also appointed MC for the evening.
 
With the diverter valve you can run it to 1, 2, or 3 remote spool valves. Each spool valve (say you have 2 like in the picture) you can operate 2 different cylinders at the same time (you can extend one cylinder while retracting another). You can also run a dual acting cylinder on one spool valve, and a single acting cylinder on the other spool valve.
 
Ok, thanks everyone for your help and time in getting me to understand the diverter enough to put it to use. I picked up the hose and female coupler today and hooked it up after supper. Just like I was told it raises and lowers using the 3 point lift lever with the diverter in the correct position. Here's a little video my wife filmed while I was brush hogging.
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Thanks ptfarmer. I've got a question on that pull type brush hog, I was looking at the video and notice that the front dives low and the rear is way up. I was pulling it with my case 830ck, which the drawbar is higher. I'm thinking if I pull some of the collar spacers on the cylinder it will help to lower the rear, am I correct on that? Or is there something else to do?
 
Is your draw bar straight, or does it a bend in it? If it has a bend usually the bend is put on the bottom to lower the draw bar, so you could flip the draw bar over to raise it. If you have a straight draw bar you can get a draw bar with a bend. You can also get a bolt on clevis if you need more height.
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Thanks, that is exactly what I needed to know. They build them for trucks, but I was brain dead about it until you mentioned it. Mine is straight.
 

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