Hey everyone, I have a recently acquired 1950(?) 8N that had, what I was told by the seller, a hydraulic leak and that was the reason the lift would not hold in a raised position. I have barely used the tractor as I had to rebuild the steering box and carburetor. When I started it up yesterday to fine tune the carb that was rebuilt I tried raising the 3pt while I was moving with the pto engaged and the lift would not raise but the brush hog was mowing. It had been raising but never held since I bought it. I checked the fluid and there is water in the fluid.
My question is, should I drain the fluid immediately and put new fluid in to diagnose?
Or just try to diagnose with the water down fluid in there now?
My initial instinct is to try to diagnose like it is but I don't want to make anything worse if new oil would be better.
Thank you in advance!
My question is, should I drain the fluid immediately and put new fluid in to diagnose?
Or just try to diagnose with the water down fluid in there now?
My initial instinct is to try to diagnose like it is but I don't want to make anything worse if new oil would be better.
Thank you in advance!