3015 HST Rear lift ...

hunter63 · Apr 20, 2015

Mahindra 3015 HST

After sitting all winter....fired up..... and rear links don't seem to want to lift the back blade high.

Seemed to be a bit better after running awhile......trans works fine.....bucket works fine.....just limited lift?
No evident leaks....

Level at transaxle dipstick a bit low.....
Is there some where else to check fluid levels?

johnsonauto · Apr 21, 2015

Your lever and/or linkage from your 3 pt lever is probably binding up and not moving to the full raise position. Try spraying the lever and linkages for the 3pt with penatrating oil and working lever and linkage untill it frees up.

hunter63 · Apr 21, 2015

Thanks for the reply
I'm having a friend bring out my manuals from home....I'm out at the cabin.....For turkey hunting.
Not sure how much help they will be.....looking for a schematic on where lines go pump etc?

Is the fluid level dip stick on the transmission?......or is there another spot to check?

Kinda waswaZ thinking along the same lines.....gonna try that when the rain stops.

Just seem odd that everything works and the lever does seem tight and hard to move.

hunter63 · Apr 23, 2015

Working the levers and actually running it seems to have gotten more lift out of the links.

Manual didn't say that the hydrostatic drive and hydraulic run off the trans-axle.......same reservoir dip stick.
So fluid full at transmission on dip stick......need to re-spray linkages.

johnsonauto · Apr 24, 2015

hunter63 said:
Thanks for the reply
I'm having a friend bring out my manuals from home....I'm out at the cabin.....For turkey hunting.
Not sure how much help they will be.....looking for a schematic on where lines go pump etc?

Is the fluid level dip stick on the transmission?......or is there another spot to check?

Kinda waswaZ thinking along the same lines.....gonna try that when the rain stops.

Just seem odd that everything works and the lever does seem tight and hard to move.

Yes the dipstick for the hydraulics/transmission is just between your legs when sitting on the machine in the transmssion. People sometimes, seem to forget to lube all the levers and linkages that move that dont have grese fittings. A little pb blaster and some spray white lithium will prevent alot of these types of problems.

hunter63 · Apr 24, 2015

That's the plan.....Thanks.

Part of my problem is that my dealer closed, so kinda left me hanging.
Owners manual doesn't make a lot of thing clear.

hunter63 · Jun 12, 2015

johnsonauto said:
Your lever and/or linkage from your 3 pt lever is probably binding up and not moving to the full raise position. Try spraying the lever and linkages for the 3pt with penatrating oil and working lever and linkage untill it frees up.

This seems to have helped the most......Thanks.

Thought I would stop back and report that after a good soaking and spraying grease in all the linkages, lift seems to be working much better.