I was using a disc mower for hay, on an IH 574 that I had recently bought at an auction. With just a few rounds to go, the 3 point lift got weaker and weaker. But I had a plan- Not really necessary to lift a disc mower at the end of a row (just makes for a little neater job), so decided just to leave it down and bull it through.
Then with 2 rounds to go, the PTO quit! Hey, what's up with that? Now the PTO clutches are gone? I left it in the middle of the field and walked home, with visions of $$$$$$ dancing in my head. Went and found the manual that I had bought for a previous 674, and found (to my great relief) that the PTO clutch was held in by hydraulic pressure, so that explained why PTO quit when hydraulics ran out of steam.
Decided to leave it in the field overnight, and hopefully when the hydraulic fluid was cold, I could get one more lift out of it, to get it home. That worked, and sure enough, when I got into it, filter was clogged, and everything worked great after replacing it (and the fluid, of course).
Decided at that point that it would be a good idea to check/replace all filters when I got a strange tractor whose history I didn't know.
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