[AT] Ford 3000 hydrulics

[charlie hill]

Don, I'm not sure but you probably have a 2 speed PTO.  One is standard 540, 
the other is ground speed.

Sounds like the draft mechanism, (should be two levers on the lift quadrant) 
might be out of adjustment of need some repair.  Could be trash in a valve, 
an O-ring.  Could be a leak somewhere in the system internals.
Hopefully some of the hard core Ford guys will speak up.
I've run them but never worked on them.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:43 PM
Subject: [AT] Ford 3000 hydrulics


> The Ford 3000 is not at is new home.  I was hoping that I was done tractor
> mechanicing for a while but it is not to be.  I put it on a brush hog and 
> it
> ran well except for the hydraulic problem.  It lifts ok but when set down 
> it
> sometimes goes very slowly.  I try to get it to stop but it never seems to
> stop at the same place so I have to give it a little up to stop.  Then it
> settles.  Sometimes it will come back up to the set point but then it goes
> back down.  When parked with the engine off the arms will drop slowly.
>
>
>
> Any hint as to what may be the problem?
>
>
>
> Just below the lift quadrent on the side of the transmission is a lever.
> What is its function?
>
>
>
> A friend sent me some copies of the Hydraulic pages of the shop manual for 
> a
> Dexta 2000, Super Dexta 3000, and Major 4000.  They look close to the Ford
> 3000, what are any differences I should be aware of?
>
>
>
> I have an I&T manual but no operators manual.  I will be ordering one
> tomorrow.
>
>
>
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
>
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
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