Loader Mahindra 6530 (2wd non-shuttle) hydraulics have almost completely stopped working

JimSealyJr · Aug 23, 2018

I have a Mahindra 6530 (2wd non-shuttle) and the hydraulics pretty much just quit working.
If you're patient the 3pt hitch will go up, and if you hold the lever on the FEL it will go up in lurches, and the steering assist comes in waves as you turn the wheel.
The fluid is clear and full, a fresh filter and fluid went in when this first started, but the problem got progressively worse in short order.

Suggestions on what I need to do to fix this?

Jabonee · Aug 23, 2018

JimSealyJr said:
I have a Mahindra 6530 (2wd non-shuttle) and the hydraulics pretty much just quit working.
If you're patient the 3pt hitch will go up, and if you hold the lever on the FEL it will go up in lurches, and the steering assist comes in waves as you turn the wheel.
The fluid is clear and full, a fresh filter and fluid went in when this first started, but the problem got progressively worse in short order.

Suggestions on what I need to do to fix this?

Relief valve or work pump. Also have seen splined coupler on pump fail.Possible clogged sump screen. :confused3:

100 td · Aug 23, 2018

As above, but add cracked/loose suction hose if it has one.

JimSealyJr · Aug 6, 2019

I thought it might help someone down the line to see what fixed this.
It was the strainer in the bottom that was stopped up.
I took a couple of cleanings to get it back to 100% and stay that way.

JimSealyJr · Aug 6, 2019

It was the sump screen.
It just took more than one cleaning to get it back to 100%.
It looked like a dissolved paper towel was mixed in the sludge.
This was actually the first thing we checked, but it didn't' occur to me that it would stop right back up, so we were looking for a different issue, when we really just needed to clean it again.