Late Model Ford 3 Point trouble

T.E.C. · Jan 14, 2013

I have an 8730 Ford in the shop. Pretty similar to a TW25. I went out to look at it this morning and the hitch was down and would not work at all in any draft position. I checked the pressure at the remote coupler, 2270psi. I brought it in this afternoon and ordered a manual for it. In the mean time I thought I would give you guys the symptoms and see if some one has run in to this before. This is an intermittent condition but no in between, it works great or not at all. When attempting to life hitch there is no sound as if there is a major internal leak. The guy had it sent to the dealer and after the truck ride it was working fine when it got there didn't work when they brought it back. They didn't do anything to it because it was working fine. This is the first blue one I have worked on so any help will be very appreciated. Thanks guys.

T.E.C. · Jan 17, 2013

In case any of you Ford guys run in to this, we found the problem yesterday. There is a small set screw inside the pilot oil valve for the remotes. It had back off just enough to allow the valve to unseat prematurely. Since the remotes have priority to the oil flow, this cause just enough of a lack of pilot pressure at the hitch pilot valve to only allow it to unseat intermittently. Thanks to an old friend for faxing me a copy of the functional schematic of this circuit. This is the first machine I've seen where the remotes have priority over the hitch. One thing about this line of work, you never stop learning.

Late Model Ford 3 Point trouble

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