Massey Ferguson 231 rear remote and loader?

MasseyFerg231 · Jun 3, 2023

Hi,

I have a 232 loader on my MF 231 tractor. Considering a hydraulic top link but have a question. Tractor has a loader and it has rear remotes.

What controls the rear remotes? I feel like something is missing.

Farmer495 · Jun 3, 2023

Your loader is off the isolation valve by the seat, do you have to close that to make your 3pt work?

You could have a one way remote valve set to run off the 3pt controls, I've never seen the two hoses, my MF 240 manual shows how to use one hose for a remote, you have to chain the 3pt arms or something.

MasseyFerg231 · Jun 3, 2023

Yes, have to flip the lever on the valve to select either 3pt or loader.

Its got me perplexed.

Farmer495 · Jun 3, 2023

MasseyFerg231 said:
Yes, have to flip the lever on the valve to select either 3pt or loader.

Its got me perplexed.

If you flip the isolator to 3pt mode you may have pressure to those remote couplers using the draft control lever. If you had a cylinder to plug into the outlets you could test and see.

I am also wondering if those two hoses were set up to plug in a wood splitter or other implement with it's own valve with one hose just being case dump back to tractor.

MasseyFerg231 · Jun 3, 2023

Farmer495 said:
If you flip the isolator to 3pt mode you may have pressure to those remote couplers using the draft control lever. If you had a cylinder to plug into the outlets you could test and see.

I am also wondering if those two hoses were set up to plug in a wood splitter or other implement with it's own valve with one hose just being case dump back to tractor.

I’m think that the wood splitter too at some point by the previous owner as he spilt a lot of firewood.

So you are thinking it would be activated during the “constant pumping” mode and would need to have its valve to allow flow/no flow?

That’s kind of what I’ve been thinking.

Farmer495 · Jun 4, 2023

MasseyFerg231 said:
I’m think that the wood splitter too at some point by the previous owner as he spilt a lot of firewood.

So you are thinking it would be activated during the “constant pumping” mode and would need to have its valve to allow flow/no flow?

That’s kind of what I’ve been thinking.

If you have a manual for the 231 it might outline how it works, but it was something like constant pumping and you moved the draft lever to send the flow. I do know the book showed that set up is for single acting cylinder, hence why I theorize second line is never pressurized.

I can dig out my 240 manual if needed.