8N Newbie

If I pull the lift control lever full back, the lift will go up. If I turn the tractor off, the lift will immediately drop down slowly. If I don't have the lever almost full back, it won't lift at all.

Would this likely be the fault of a leaky lift cylinder?

The guy I bought it from said the lever on the right side under the lift lever was the 'draft control'. Ok, what's a draft control? How should the lift react in relationship to this lever? Didn't think to ask this then. I thought it would be obvious what it was for.

I'm an electronics engineer and don't know beans about tractors. Yep, I'm one of those yuppies that moved away from the city to the country.

Thanks.

By the way, add me to your list of EE's {gosh, three in one place-better not stand to close to one another or someone will throw in a grenade:-)}

JerryU

If you are going to be bush hog'n, check for an over run coupler (ORC). A good way to tell if you have working one is to point tractor in a safe direction, engage the pto and 1st gear, get the tractor going, then press on the cluch. If the bush hog keeps spining and the tractor stops, you have an OCR. If the tractor and bush hog stop at the same time and some distance from were you pushed the cluch, buy and install an ORC. They are about 65 bucks.

eNjoy

My hydraulic problem seems to have been 1.5 gallons low on hydraulic oil. It's working great now. The pump must have been sucking in a little air.

I bush hogged for about 30 minutes and discovered an overrun coupling was a must. With it on it's a much nicer machine.

Now if I just had a slower low gear.

I've got to adjust or replace brakes, replace one front tire and then I should be set for several years of tractoring.

Thanks Larry E.

Position control bypasses the draft feature(the selector should be vertical)allowing the touch control handle to set the implement at any desired level, as when using a blade or bush-hog.
If the lift won't remain at a set position in "position control" then the system probably needs repair. An I&T FO-4 manual will give the basic of lift repair and adjustment.

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