Hans:
Don't be sorry. I really appreciate the compliment that you thought I had invented the diverter idea. It's just that I can't take credit for it. (I might try, but on this board I'd certainly get caught./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif)
I actually was looking at a whole separate hydraulic circuit with a rocker switch controlling a servo valve. Mark Chalkley didn't argue against that, but he was persuasive in showing how the proven system worked on his Kubota and others. Way back, there were a lot of posts about modifications to his Kubota. This was one of them.
It will take a little head scratching for location, and some new hoses, but I think the installation will be straightforward. When done, I will have two new 1/4" quick connects near the current connectors for the attach plate hydraulics (auxiliary pto). Those will be active when the button on the joystick is held down, and will react to sideways movement of the joystick. That way, on the grapple, for instance, you will be able to roll the bucket by moving the joystick and then close the grapple by holding the joystick where it is and pressing the button. It will take some practice with each machine - 4 n 1 and hoe - to decide which direction on the joystick should command which movement, but the hoses will be reversible, as mine are now.
I'll post when I get it mounted.
