3400 3 pt lift not working

[sboone14]

Hello, All.

I am new to this group. I have a Ford 3400 that the 3 point has decided to stop working correctly. It doesn't want to raise up. It started off by taking a while to lift, then taking a long time to lift (15 min), so I drained the fluid in the rear end and replaced it with new hoping it would help. The fluid came out looking milky as if it had water mixed with it. Is it possible I did not get all of the milky fluid out causing the problem to persist, and if so, how do I get it all out and get my 3 pt working again?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

 

[whodat526]

Hello, All.

I am new to this group. I have a Ford 3400 that the 3 point has decided to stop working correctly. It doesn't want to raise up. It started off by taking a while to lift, then taking a long time to lift (15 min), so I drained the fluid in the rear end and replaced it with new hoping it would help. The fluid came out looking milky as if it had water mixed with it. Is it possible I did not get all of the milky fluid out causing the problem to persist, and if so, how do I get it all out and get my 3 pt working again?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

you need to redrain the rear end and pour in a little diesel atf and achol mix an d shake the tractor back and forth a little and refill with oil this should clean the hyd filter which is located in the rear end. If that dont work you need to buy a $15 lift top kit and remove the lift top kit and remove the filter and either clean real good or replace it

 

[sboone14]

Thanks, whodat526. I will give it a try and see what happens. A tractor without a working 3 pt lift is very useful.