Cville John
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We have the John Deere back we bought new in1980 it now has a fel on it.the person that owned it kept the fluids changed .I havent changed the Hyd filter or cleaned the screen yet , but I'm noticing the hydraulics don't seem firm and responsive they respond up down and the bucket curls but it's mainly when you let the lift down it seems that the bucket is in more of a float mode and at times the lift causes the bucket to curl this afternoon I was using the 3 point to move a compressor I was going to let the compressor down and moved the 3 point lever but the lift arms wouldn't move so I just bearly moved the fel lift lever and the 3point started working any body have any ideas? When we got the tractor it was doing this. In using it the fel selector valve it started leaking so I dissembled it the stop on the lift spool looks to have been getting water in at the top of the cover and rusted the clip that holds the spool stop ,I replaced the 2 (0) rings each on the lift and curl spools.spools look to have acceptable wear thanks for any ideas .its full of fluid