3-point frozen - no up or down?

[LincTex]

My 3-point hitch is "stuck" in one spot.
It's about 2/3's of the way up.
The knob under the seat makes no difference.
It won't go up or down, but the loader works fine.

Does anyone know how to access the valve that controls the 3-pt?
It is "position only" no draft.
3510i (very similar to 3520R)

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Do you have a 2nd or 3rd rear remote on your tractor? One of the guys here said his 3 pt stopped moving when he inadvertently moved one of his rear remote levers.

 

[Mr Bitz]

Yes be sure your remotes are not positioned on detent, this will make the 3 point inactive. If you have remotes.

 

[LincTex]

No..... No remotes.

It is something internal

 

[Mr Bitz]

Turn valve under seat all the way out and then in a couple of times and try. Could be that valve is not working internally or the Oring blew out.

 

[Cougsfan]

Did you ever solve your problem, LincTex?

 

[LincTex]

Not yet... been working too many other projects to mess with it yet

 

[LincTex]

You know what's weird……… the 3-point hitch has *always* bled down within a day.
Always.
Now, it's been almost a couple of months… & the 3-point hitch has not bled down 1mm!!!!!

 

[Cougsfan]

My three point never bleeds down either, With a fairly heavy load like a mower on it, it will stay up for as long as I leave it set there. (But then, my three point works). The fact that yours bled down before may have been a totally independent problem from the problem that it is stuck now. But it does makes me think that it being stuck is a mechanical problem as opposed to a hydraulic problem.

 

[ericm979]

The bleed down knob on mine has quite a bit of play in it. It turns easy then has more resistance when it's actually moving the needle or whatever it in the valve.