MF 1016 Loader questions...

[zilla24]

I have a MF 1035 tractor with the 1016 loader. I know the 1016 loader is supposed to be a quick detach loader, since I do not have any manuals for it is there someone out there that can give some insight as to how this loader detaches? Or a copy of the 1016 loader manual? Any help is much apprecieated.

[RG_Upton]

I have a 1016 on an MF 1030 Synchro. Mine has a single supply line going to the loader valves, and a single return line. Both have quick disconnects down about floorboard level. If yours is plumbed like mine, here is the sequence (if I am remembering it correctly).

1) stop tractor where loader is to be left with bucket on ground.
2) unlatch each side (there is a short arm made of what looks like @3/8" bar stock about mid-way up each of the uprights the lift cylinders attach to). A quarter turn will undo the latches. Note that the latches and the mating surfaces can bind or rust together, so you may need to jostle the FEL controls once the latches have been turned to free everything up.
3) begin slowly backing up and also lifting using the FEL controls. This will allow the front of the loader frame to form a stand for the loader as the tractor gets out from under it.
4) Disconnect both quick connect hoses. Connect the ends on the loader together to keep debris out. Connect the ends on the tractor together to prevend dead-heading the pump and to keep debris out.

Installation is simply the reverse.

Good luck,

Russ