Hi all, new to forum and tractors, but just picked up a Ford 3000 w/Loader and trying to figure out what year it is. The tractor and loader run great but the 3pt wont work at all. I am having trouble getting numbers off the tractor. The numbers from behind the starter on the block dont make sense, there is a backwards D followed by103301D125, above that is 31023D, above that all I can make out is a 28 and cant make out the rest. We have the lift plate off right now and everything looks to be fine, so we are going to replace filters,o-rings, and gaskets on lift and see if it helps. We are not sure if pump works but it feels and sounds like it does, although hyd. oil looks fairly dark and somewhat dirty. We are looking to get an operating manual and they seem to cover differant years, we already have the IT manual. Sorry for the long post, and thanks if somebody can shine some lite on our problems. Thanks David