Pulled my 6 ft disc thru the garden area several times on Sunday. Started out fine but by the time I was finished, the lift would go high enough for the disc to clear the ground. Had a quick lookover and all I saw was that I had lost my hydraulic fluid dip stick.
Got out there today and found it was low on fluid, it would not weep out of the lower inspection plate bolt hole. Got a 2 gallon jug of UTF from Tractor Supply and poured in about a gallon before it started dripping out the bolt hole. No change. Would barely lift me standing on the carryall and as soon as I shut off the motor the wrms immediately dropped.
Pulled off the inspection plate and found NO fluid dripping from the top cover. I have Hokie's Hydraulics kit and nothing changed whether I was using it alone or in combination with the factory pump. I saw not motion in the oil around the pressure control valve area. Used my trusty Harbor Freight battery powered fluid pump and pulled out a couple gallons of fluid to give me less messy accress to the pcv as I was gonna stick a hose over it to see if it was leaking.
As I was feeling around for the valve, I felt something loose in the area. Pulled it out, it was the lower part of my dip stick!! Hoping that this might be the culprit, I started the tractor and the lift picked me right up. When I shut it off the arms stayed just where I left them. Put everything back together, put the fluid back in and the arms have been up for the last 3 hours!!
Turned out to be an easy fix!! I had visions of pulling the top cover to find the problem, and am glad I didn't have to. Though I will eventually do it as I have another cover with straight arms and a reformed (welded) cam and I want to try Zane's cam follower pin with the roller. Another time!!
Got out there today and found it was low on fluid, it would not weep out of the lower inspection plate bolt hole. Got a 2 gallon jug of UTF from Tractor Supply and poured in about a gallon before it started dripping out the bolt hole. No change. Would barely lift me standing on the carryall and as soon as I shut off the motor the wrms immediately dropped.
Pulled off the inspection plate and found NO fluid dripping from the top cover. I have Hokie's Hydraulics kit and nothing changed whether I was using it alone or in combination with the factory pump. I saw not motion in the oil around the pressure control valve area. Used my trusty Harbor Freight battery powered fluid pump and pulled out a couple gallons of fluid to give me less messy accress to the pcv as I was gonna stick a hose over it to see if it was leaking.
As I was feeling around for the valve, I felt something loose in the area. Pulled it out, it was the lower part of my dip stick!! Hoping that this might be the culprit, I started the tractor and the lift picked me right up. When I shut it off the arms stayed just where I left them. Put everything back together, put the fluid back in and the arms have been up for the last 3 hours!!
Turned out to be an easy fix!! I had visions of pulling the top cover to find the problem, and am glad I didn't have to. Though I will eventually do it as I have another cover with straight arms and a reformed (welded) cam and I want to try Zane's cam follower pin with the roller. Another time!!
