Loader lifts but bucket doesnt move

my front bucket is not moving. But the arms lift? Whats the problem?

My assumption is this is a sudden problem. Make sure you don't have a hose(s) disconnected for the bucket be my first guess.

Mounting pins are missing!

What tractor? What loader? What were you doing when this happened?

We are a pretty sharp bunch and your name tips us that it just MIGHT be a ford but sure would help if you would give us a make and model of the tractor and some information as to how is the loader plumbed. Does it have a separate valve or use tractor hydraulics. Bet someone can get you going with just a little help from your end.

What does the back bucket do? Sorry couldn't stop myself. On my Case 1845C it was the linkage was out adjustment when a lock nut came loose.

in some cases you have to pull the acs valve out to get the loader to work, and put it back in to get the 3 point to work,,, but that is one of many many many ford tractors set ups. ie 711 one arm bandit on 8n through 2000.

Or did he just get it and there is no cylinder on the bucket?

Ok so this is a Ford 2000 Industrial i recently bought. I got it running. it has an original ford 703 loader i9-20i. the controls are next to steering wheel. first lever sends loader up and down. second lever should be the bucket. However nothing happens. I thought maybe the fluid was low so i put the loader all the way down. But still nothing....

I assume u mean the gannon. But on this tractor that is seperate. This old ford 2000 runs the bucket off the hydraulic thats attached to the crank pulley

Without moving the bucket valve lever. With the boom up a bit, does the bucket stay solid in one position? Will it move if you set it on something, or try to lift something, using just the boom? When you move the bucket lever does it feel the same as the boom lever?

So i have looked it over. And im just not seeing anything that is standing out.

Yes lever feels essentially the same. Bucket seems to be
staying in about the same position

All the hydro lines are plumbed into the valve controller for lift
and bucket.

This is just a W.A.G. but try moving one of the levers right or left then operating it. Someone may have put a differe3nt valve on that has joystick levers.

I will double check that in the morning. Thanks

Otherwise, I guess I'd start tracing the hoses back and see if that leads you to something.

Piston became detached from one of the bucket cylinder rods.

When you get the problem solved be sure to let us know what it was.

so far i dont see anything. Someone asked if the lever might go side to side but it does not. All lines are hooked up. Im gonna post a pic

You said you bought it recently and got it running, I take it that means you haven't seen the bucket work since you bought it, so it may have been a problem when you bought it. Please correct me if that is not correct and you have seen the bucket working. If you haven't done this, check the routing of the hoses. Make sure the same hose from the valve goes to the same end of both cylinders. If they are going to opposite ends they could be canceling each other. I would think you would see the bucket trying to twist if that was the case.

To check the cylinders themselves, unhook both hoses from one bucket cylinder and plug or cap the hose ends. Do not hook the hoses together, they need to be dead ended. Hook up something for hoses from the cylinder fittings to a bucket, because if the bucket moves during the test you will have oil come out of the cylinder ports. Start it and try moving the bucket with the one cylinder still hooked up. If it moves it is likely that cylinder is working. Swap things around and try the other cylinder the same way. If one doesn't move the bucket, but the other one does, The one that doesn't move the bucket is likely bad.

If you have a hydraulic gauge (I would expect you should have a 3000 psi, or more, gauge) you could put it in one of the plugged/capped hoses and see what you have for pressure during this cylinder check. If no pressure shows in either direction, your problem is in the valve or hoses between the valve and cylinders. You say the boom arms will lift. That tells me the pump, supply and boom valve work, so this will reduce what it might be.

Yes that is correct. i have not yet seen the bucket work. only the loader rams are
working. I only just bought it. i was told it was a working tractor and that the gas tank leaked. I fixed that and it started right up. Thank you for your advice. i will update. ????????

Yes that is correct. i have not yet seen the bucket work. only the loader rams are
working. I only just bought it. i was told it was a working tractor and that the gas tank leaked. I fixed that and it started right up. Thank you for your advice. i will update.