I spent a few years as a quality control engineer and one of the places I covered was a hydraulics equipment manufacturer. As such I have always hated to beat on anything having to do with hydraulics controls, especially manifolds. But, I thought, what the heck. There's nothing external to this...
I did this and still cannot get the rod in the manifold to pull out. With the cover out of the way I was, however, able to move the rod inward and back about 1/4". I tried this with the engine running and it had no effect on the loader movement. I also rotated the the rod around and it turned...
Did that and do not see anything loose or missing. If I push the lever forward it will move about a 1/16" is all and nothing happens with the loader. If I pull back on the lever, it doesn't move at all. It's like it's locked in place. Right and left lever movements remain okay. The bucket moves...
My loader will not go up or down. The bucket will still turn down or up but the loader itself just stopped going up or down while I was using it. The control arm will still flip the bucket up or down when I move the control arm right or left, but won't move at all when I push forward or...