I broke my loader....

[RedRocker]

I thought the loader was an "attachment".

 

[Bellville]

Yes, you are right it is an implement, I have had the tractor for just under two years and was mistakenly thinking the loader warranty was the same as the tractor's, which is a two year warranty.

Dealer said he should be back to me in a week or so, hopefully it will not be too expensive. I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed, I only have about 75 hours use on the tractor and certainly a lot less on the loader.

Hoping for good news..............

 

[creeper]

I hope you checked the actual tips on your couplers, you have pictures of the breakdown

 

[Bellville]

Creeper, no I did not, I just checked to see that they were firmly attached. I don't have any pictures as, there really is nothing to take a picture of.

Are you saying there could be something wrong with the tip of the coupler, where even it were attached completely it could still not be working correctly?

I must admit to a total lack of knowledge on hydraulics.

Thanks for your help.

 

[creeper]

Yes the coupler will apear to fit fine, but the spring loaded tip on the male end will no longer be spring loaded. The pictures I was reffering to are in a post I marked on the first page of this post. In that post you had requested pics from me and the post included details on repair. Not giving you a hard time, I just thought it was ironic that you requested the pics and then needed them shortly after. I hope youve ot the thing going again by now. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bellville]

Yes, it is ironic. I took the tractor into the dealer a little over a week ago, so I am waiting to hear what the damage is.

I did not take it as you were giving me a hard time, as I have said earlier I don't know squat about hydraulics and that is why in your previous post I had asked about pictures as it was hard for me to picture what you were describing.

I hope to hear from the dealer this week on what exactly is wrong with the loader.

Thanks for everyone's help.

 

[rjp444us]

My bet is on a bad coupler. I had the same problem switched the hoses around found the problem and came up with a bad coupler same function as you described
I pulled the coupler apart and found that the plunger had been hammering and musheroomed over the end so when I put the coupler together it was not pushing in the plunger...

 

[Bellville]

Thought I would follow up with the resolution to the problem, I got the tractor back last weekend and it turned out the problem was in the control valve, it had to be rebuilt.

Bad news is I was surprised to have such a problem so quickly, good news was the dealer considers the control valve part of the tractor (not part of the loader) so it was still under warranty.

Sure is good to have it back.... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks for everyone's input.