New Holland Workmaster 65 3 pt hitch wont go down

[shinedawg]

I have both levers all the way forward (down) and have played with the Lift o Matic switch repeatedly and nothing works. Tractor still in warranty but mechanic at dealership is backed up and of course I need tractor now! HELP!

 

[workinonit]

Do you have an implement on it now? If not it may not go down without some down pressure. You could also check the rate of drop adjustment and see if it is closed off too much.

 

[Roadworthy]

The rate of drop adjustment, when closed, can prevent the three point arms from lowering. It is frequently between the operator's feet. Check your manual.

 

[alwaysworking]

Put some pressure on it see if it goes down, if that does not work check the following, as stated above check the adjuster valve, check that draft lever is all the way down and finally check the linkages from the draft and position levers.

 

[WM75Guy]

The newer Workmaster 55-65-75 series does not have a manual drop valve adjustment.

 

[TractorTech]

Welcome to TBN.

As stated in other ‘Fiat’ based powertrain New Hollands such as T4s with this problem, put a bunch of weight on the hitch.
You might also manually move the roller lever for the hitch control.

 

[Only Blue]

Here is the story of my 2wk old New Holland WM 65. I went to hook up to the brush mower for the first time and the 3pt would not lower. Went to the house to read the manual to see if I was missing something but thinking on my walk back to the house it's a 3pt how much simpler does it get. What a poor manual. Didn't find anything new, wasted an hour looking, went back to the tractor and started it back up again and w/o doing anything the 3pt started to lower. What the heck? Hooked up the mower and throughout the day of mowing it would lower sometimes, sometimes real slowly, and sometimes only part way, and My mower is very heavy. It worked slightly better when using the lift-o-matic thing but still not what I'm used to. Then today I noticed something. When I would push the lift-o-matic lever in to lock then push it slightly further the mower would drop every time so far, very reliably and all the way to my set position. I makes the lift-o-matic work better and when you use the position lever to raise and lower as well. That lever is connected to a small cable that runs to the back under the cab, I'm going to adjust it and will report back. The lever it pulls on, on the trany has a pretty stout spring and I can see this being a constant issue for a while as the cable stretches, adjustment will be needed. One last thing for Tractor Tech. What is the Roller Lever? I have never heard of it or that term, and I was born on a tractor in 1960.

 

[Only Blue]

I mentioned last night that I think I was on to something. Today I confirmed it. I had about a half inch of slack in the cable that is linked to the Lift-o-matic mechanism. I adjusted by only taking up the slack no more after loosening the back jamb nut I used my fingers to turn the front nut only to take up the slack and locked the back jamb nut and mowed all day without a problem. Hope this helps others. Now the mower still might be a little slow lowering then I'm used to, but it doesn't just drop down like my T4-120. I also found how to adjust the lowering speed as well, but I'm going to use this for a while more before I make any of those adjustments. If you would like photos please ask but it is simple enough to open the rear window with the tractor off to see which cable it is and which way it needs to move to take up the slack.