Hello again all!My 1949 8N is having problems with it's hydraulics. After sitting most of the winter, I cranked my tractor up this weekend and moved some dirt with the grader blade without much problem. Yesterday, however, upon trying to lift the cultivator discs and field harrow up, the hydraulics simply would not lift the discs. Without a load the arms would lift. Finally, after many tries I got the discs to lift but they would immediately start dropping. Out of sheer curiosity, I moved the draft control lever to the horizontal position and when i pressed it down and held it down the hydraulics worked beautifully and would keep any load in an up position. However I had to keep tremendous pressure on the draft lever to maintain the lift. Upon moving it back to the vertical position, the load would immediately start to droop. What is up (or not up!) with this? What is involved with repair and is it better left to a good mechanic? (I don't have a great deal of space to be tearing apart the tractor). Thanks for any help and Happy Tractoring!
Duke
8N 201097
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