Posted by Jay in AL on March 13, 2008 at 19:52:55 from (216.248.143.107):
Good evening!
This afternoon I was out on the tractor disc-ing up some new pasture to spread some seed. I was not really using the bucket much for anything other than moving it here and there so that I could see properly ahead of me.
Anyway, at one point, I went to raise or lower the bucket and noticed that it wouldn't move. Then I noticed that it would move up, but not down, and it would not tilt either. By the controls I noticed some hydraulic fluid beneath the joysticks and dripping on to my right foot. After playing with it a bit, I decided there wasn't much I could do at the moment, so I continued to disc and then about 10-15 minutes later, one of my hoses down by the bucket sprang a leak and started spraying fluid all over the tractor and me.
I got it back up to the house, and now I'm trying to figure out where to start troubleshooting this.
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