I have an 800hr ST30 which I have had for around 20hrs.
After using it for 2 hrs today with a 1.3M fail mower I found, just as I returned to the workshop, that the linkage dropped and cannot be raised.
I have clean out the hydraulic filter, which did have contamination, but not enough to block it as the hydraulic outputs still pressurised.
The machine is in nice condition, but has been lying for some time prior to my purchase.
I can only think of accessing the actuating valve to see if the linkage has come adrift (although it doesn't feel as though it has) or that I have contamination in the valve that is holding it open.
Advice/experience would be welcome.
After using it for 2 hrs today with a 1.3M fail mower I found, just as I returned to the workshop, that the linkage dropped and cannot be raised.
I have clean out the hydraulic filter, which did have contamination, but not enough to block it as the hydraulic outputs still pressurised.
The machine is in nice condition, but has been lying for some time prior to my purchase.
I can only think of accessing the actuating valve to see if the linkage has come adrift (although it doesn't feel as though it has) or that I have contamination in the valve that is holding it open.
Advice/experience would be welcome.