Ford 1700/1710 slow hydraulics

Squidbait · Mar 16, 2016

Greetings gentlemen,

My pastor bought a used Ford 1700 or 1710 tractor (I'm not sure which model exactly) about three years ago. This past summer he started having issues with his 3 point hitch: it would raise very, very slowly and in a jerky or incremental fashion. I don't really have much more information than this I'm afraid, but would any you gentleman have some idea of what may be causing this behavior from his 3 point hitch/hydraulics? He basically uses the tractor to mow a couple of acres of grass with a finishing mower and to plow/till his garden. I have not seen the tractor operate in person, so I'm going only by what he has told me. Thanks for any info you gentlemen may be able to provide.

Btown · Mar 17, 2016

Squidbait said:
Greetings gentlemen, My pastor bought a used Ford 1700 or 1710 tractor (I'm not sure which model exactly) about three years ago. This past summer he started having issues with his 3 point hitch: it would raise very, very slowly and in a jerky or incremental fashion. I don't really have much more information than this I'm afraid, but would any you gentleman have some idea of what may be causing this behavior from his 3 point hitch/hydraulics? He basically uses the tractor to mow a couple of acres of grass with a finishing mower and to plow/till his garden. I have not seen the tractor operate in person, so I'm going only by what he has told me. Thanks for any info you gentlemen may be able to provide.

The screen for the hydrolic fluid is clogged. First you have to drain the hydrolic fluid from the rear axle. There is a bolt on the bottom. Be prepared to catch about 5 gallons of fluid. There is around a 1 inch pipe going from the engine area to the rear axle on the right side ( or passenger side) I believe the pipe is attached by banjo fittings. On the rear axle banjo fitting there is a cover with three or four bolts. take those out. That cover has the screen attached to it. Take it and clean it off using compressed air and I used an old tooth brush. Good luck. Do a search on this site it is a common problem.