Loader dk 55 loader control

[uglydukwling]

I don't know if the cab model is different, but on mine there's a plate in the floorboard that can be unbolted once the floor mat is removed. The valve is accessible, but the cable end caps are hidden behind a couple of hoses. On mine, each cap is held by 4 screws, and some of the screws are pretty hard to reach. There is another thread on here somewhere where someone posted pictures of his valve, and the caps were held by 2 screws each, and they looked easier to reach.

There are 2 Kioti dealers within an hour's drive of me. Interestingly, one of them is also a Landini dealer and he said they use a lot of the same parts. This part is available faster and cheaper through Landini.

It sort of makes me nostalgic for the old tractors that had the loader valves mounted on the fender and the handle was part of the valve.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I got lucky, I guess. My mechanic came out last evening and had it fixed up in less than 1/2 hr. My cable was still connected at both ends (ie, not broken anywhere), but had apparently somehow loosened enough so I couldn't use the dump function. He had me push the lever all the way to curl while he tightened the cylinder adjustment on the backside of the valve (ie, thereby pulling the cable tighter), the caps for which are accessible via the left side just behind the leading edge of the rear tire. I'm glad he knew this trick, since I would otherwise have been tearing things apart that didn't need to be. I'll be using the loader a bunch tonight so I'll see if this fix is really totally OK.
Bob