Rusted/Stuck Loader Controls

It does seem to have hydraulic fluid flowing through the controls.

Should I try penetrating oil, or something else, or try to disassemble the controls?

Thanks for your suggestions.

If you want to take a peek at them, look at the "loader_controls" pictures at this url...

• www.someotherplace.org/Tractors/NDA/

Try the penetrating oil at both ends of the spool. The end that faces up may have gotten water in through the dust plugs, and that is what stuck the spools.

You ask "Should I try penetrating oil, or something else, or try to disassemble the controls?" Well, to disassemble them, you've got to get the spools loose, and getting the spolls loose would pretty much solve your problem, wouldn't it!

Heh, thanks. I'm an external hydraulics newbie -- never been close to one of these 'til now.

Another newbie question: is it ok to bang on the control levers, after the penetrating oil has had a chance to soak in, or am I likely to break them?
Is it safer to bang on the spools directly (if possible)?

Thanks again for the advice.

Is there a little block-off plate in there, held in with a snap ring? If you can get in from that end with some PB Blaster, that may be the key to loosening them up. Good Luck!