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Fluid level is good, though I'd like to get some dye to make it easier to see. It's clear as water. FWIW after mowing this evening I left it with a 1200# cutter on at mowing height and closed the decent rate valve, and it has sunk maybe 1/4" over the last 4 hours.

Update. So now I'm a whole 20 hours in on this tractor and I have a little more feedback on this 3 point hydraulics issue. Yesterday I mowed a few acres and all seemed to go fine (though having the new cutter buzz clouded the issue) except for the bouncing. It's definitely still there, more...

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Thanks azbinder- So that’s what I did last night, although substituting wine for coffee. I put just the boom to a post hose digger on for a little weight. It sank without the control valve closed and did not when it was closed- not one bit even overnight. So I guess that’s better news that...

Yes it did leak down overnight without a load when the rate control was set for a slow drop with a load. But with rate set to closed and no load it didn't drop overnight.

So last night I turned the lowering speed control knob to closed, and it didn't leak down. This without an implement on it also. Would that knob being closed prevent a leak down even if the piston seal was leaking? I guess better would be to do this test with a load, but as a matter of habit...

Yes. And in all honesty, I don't use or know how to use draft control, but that lever in in the full down position for what it's worth.

Tractor has 12 hours on it, so yes definitely still under warranty. The arms will leak down overnight even without a load on them also, which doesn't concern me as much. Being low on hydraulic fluid or having air in the system crossed my mind as well. Probably ought to at least check the...

When it stops bouncing, the rear wheel is still off the ground by about a foot. It does have a rate drop valve, which I'd set to a "slow drop" as opposed to a plop. Next I'll set to a stop up there!

oldnslo- yes I did try it on about half way down and it still did it, though the interval may have shortened to 10-11 seconds. And oddly at a lower setting/cutting height I couldn't detect it jumping/dropping/jerking. So it seems the higher it is, the worse it is? Do you think a (dealer...

When I have my rotary cutter all the way up, it will slowly, almost imperceptibly, lower about an inch or less, then suddenly "catch itself" and go back up abruptly, bouncing the whole tractor just a bit alarmingly. It'll happen about every 7-8 seconds. Doesn't seem to make a huge difference...

Worked like a charm! TractorTYMe to the rescue again(y)

Well my 574 has a speedo, and I do not... memories of high school gym class jocks being handed out flashing back now:rolleyes: WTF in the rear view mirror. But yea. I'd think if they can go from C to F they figured we'd want to go from KMH tot MPH in the programming. Again, the secret south...

Sooo, tractorTYMe, do you know the secret handshake to get it to go from km/hr to MPH? Tried variations on the C/F* technique and still stuck on kilometers per hour.:rolleyes:

Now there is an interesting perspective.:unsure: Why indeed eliminate the arms ball effect with alignment bolts on Pat's? Maybe because the shims taking up/down slop would fall out then?