Last week I was pulling up T-posts using a tool designed to pull up T-posts, connected to a chain that was attached to boom that was operated by the three point hitch.
This worked very well and it worked consistently for me, without issue.
That was last week.
Today, I needed to use the TPH and nothing happened.
It has fluid that reads "full" on the dipstick. (This is significant because it means my other repairs that you helped me with are holding.)
The fluid is not milky.
There is no response from the control lever, whether the TPH is loaded or not; either in constant draft or not.
Since the PTO was a (suspected) dealer-added option, I don't believe the PTO spinning has anything to do with the TPH working or not, but for what it is worth, the PTO is working.)
Currently, I am reading my FO-20 book for ideas of where to look and what the potential issue(s) could be. However, I am open to your thoughts.
I do not have a high mark pressure gage, nor do I have any of the Nuday tools the manual references. What are some analogs to those tools that I might actually be able to put my hands on - should I need to use one?
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Related but separate, how much "fine" control is there in a properly adjusted and correctly functioning three point hitch on a 64 4000? I have found that I need to pull the control lever to the half-way up to the mid-point before the TPH starts to lift. Also it seems that there is not "low" setting, where I can get an implement to just barely hover over the ground.
When I am trying to grade a driveway, for example, sometimes I want to just knock down high spots and not dig into the surface, but there is no middle ground. The implement is either dragging and digging, or well up in the air.
I look forward to your thoughts. As always, I appreciate your help; you keep my tractor running!
This worked very well and it worked consistently for me, without issue.
That was last week.
Today, I needed to use the TPH and nothing happened.
It has fluid that reads "full" on the dipstick. (This is significant because it means my other repairs that you helped me with are holding.)
The fluid is not milky.
There is no response from the control lever, whether the TPH is loaded or not; either in constant draft or not.
Since the PTO was a (suspected) dealer-added option, I don't believe the PTO spinning has anything to do with the TPH working or not, but for what it is worth, the PTO is working.)
Currently, I am reading my FO-20 book for ideas of where to look and what the potential issue(s) could be. However, I am open to your thoughts.
I do not have a high mark pressure gage, nor do I have any of the Nuday tools the manual references. What are some analogs to those tools that I might actually be able to put my hands on - should I need to use one?
***
Related but separate, how much "fine" control is there in a properly adjusted and correctly functioning three point hitch on a 64 4000? I have found that I need to pull the control lever to the half-way up to the mid-point before the TPH starts to lift. Also it seems that there is not "low" setting, where I can get an implement to just barely hover over the ground.
When I am trying to grade a driveway, for example, sometimes I want to just knock down high spots and not dig into the surface, but there is no middle ground. The implement is either dragging and digging, or well up in the air.
I look forward to your thoughts. As always, I appreciate your help; you keep my tractor running!