4110 Hydraulic remote stuck - won't work

[rtimgray]

Hi everybody-

I picked up a Mahindra 4110 back during the winter and have used it for setting out round bales of hay, digging post holes, and using the front loader, all with not issue (other than a dead battery one day). I decided to hook it up to my disc mower yesterday to get it ready for hay season, and the mower I have requires one remote.

I plugged in the hose to the port and tried to move the remote lever, and I couldn't. It seems that the lever that controls the remote is connected by a straight bar to another curved bar that is finally connected to the valve body that is in the housing under the seat/above the transmission. It seems like a very convoluted way of move the remote valve, and I can't reach the valve itself because of its positioning.

Has anybody had this happen to them before? Is there any chance that there is a valve lock or detent that is engaged and I can't figure it out? I checked my manual, and it doesn't even mention a hydraulic remote, so it's of no help. All of the other hydraulics (loader and three point hitch) work fine - just can get the remote to move. Any chance that it hasn't been used in forever and the moving portion of the valve is stuck or corroded, preventing movement?

Any help anybody can suggest would be greatly appreciated.

Good luck and take care.

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Try to get some penetrant on it, and keep working at it.

 

[rtimgray]

Have you experienced this on other units? I was just wondering if it might be a common problem - because the linkage between the handle and the valve body has a lot of turns in it - I could force the handle to move, but it was just bending on of the pieces of linkage. I did spray some PB blaster on it last night - I'll try it again this afternoon.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[rtimgray]

Good news - it ended up being just a simple fix. I was able to get a long open-end wrench through a hole in the floorboard and get it around the bottom of the linkage that moves the valve. I smacked it a few times with a hammer and it moved a little. Then it was spray some PB Blaster and smack it again, pull it back, smack it again, etc. After a few minutes, it got easy to move around and functioned just fine. We finished getting the mower put on and test-mowed a little hay last night.

Isn't great when life's problems can be solved by the proper application of a hammer?!?!

Thanks for the help. Good luck and take care.