etpm
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Even more questions. The sheet metal where the 3PH control lever comes out of has 2 slots. One slot is empty. My manual says nothing about this empty slot nor does it mention 2 controls for the 3 Point Hitch (3PH). But under this sheet metal are two things that have something to do with the 3PH. One is a rod that has a coiled spring around it and the other is a lever with a small hole drilled through the end. The rod with the spring is connected at one end to one of the 3PH arms. The other end is connected to a short bell crank arm. This bell crank has two arms and pivots about a rod that is located under the sheet metal with the two slots. Anyway, the rod/spring combo is connected to the short inboard arm and the other bell crank arm is the lever with the small hole drilled through it described above. The lever can only be moved easily in one direction and moving this arm lowers the 3PH. The lever also moves when the 3PH control lever is moved.
So, after that long winded description does anybody know why there are two slots? Is the tractor missing some linkage? I'm sure the lever with the small hole and the rod with the spring has something to do with controlling the position of an implement attached to the 3PH, but don't know how it works. I wish my owners manual mentioned this linkage.
Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric
Even more questions. The sheet metal where the 3PH control lever comes out of has 2 slots. One slot is empty. My manual says nothing about this empty slot nor does it mention 2 controls for the 3 Point Hitch (3PH). But under this sheet metal are two things that have something to do with the 3PH. One is a rod that has a coiled spring around it and the other is a lever with a small hole drilled through the end. The rod with the spring is connected at one end to one of the 3PH arms. The other end is connected to a short bell crank arm. This bell crank has two arms and pivots about a rod that is located under the sheet metal with the two slots. Anyway, the rod/spring combo is connected to the short inboard arm and the other bell crank arm is the lever with the small hole drilled through it described above. The lever can only be moved easily in one direction and moving this arm lowers the 3PH. The lever also moves when the 3PH control lever is moved.
So, after that long winded description does anybody know why there are two slots? Is the tractor missing some linkage? I'm sure the lever with the small hole and the rod with the spring has something to do with controlling the position of an implement attached to the 3PH, but don't know how it works. I wish my owners manual mentioned this linkage.
Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric
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