etpm
Veteran Member
I tried to post this a little while ago and when almost done with typing a cosmic ray or something similar, maybe a decaying Higgs Boson, zipped through my computer and wiped out my post. Or maybe my hard drive is dying. Or who knows? So, after using some particular verbiage not allowed in the polite company here, or anywhere, I cooled off, chopped some vegetables for dinner, and am back for another try.
I have been away from TBN, and most of the net, for several months because of being too busy. But of course when a problem crops up and after trying and failing to fix the problem I had to come back and ask the experts.
The 3PH on my 2310 had been rising and falling too fast. When I bought the tractor a bit over a year ago it had been parked for a couple years without being started. I got the machine running, bought it, and drove it home. It came with a thin manual. Reading the manual I tried adjusting the rate at which the 3PH lowered by using the lever under the seat. This seemed to work for a while.
After not using the tractor much last winter, at least not the 3PH, when I started to use it when the weather got good I found that it moved too fast, raising and lowering. I tried turning the lever under the seat with my hands but because both wrists being crushed they are now both bone on bone joints and I have a hard time turning things. So I used a wrench and it was still very hard to turn the lever. It eventually turned though. So I raised the 3PH and upon trying to lower it nothing happened. It had an approximately 300 pound load on it at the time. Frustrated, I left it alone for a couple days. Trying it again it now works! Magic! So, it now lowers. Slower than I like but that's OK. I'm retired and can wait the extra few seconds. I am not gonna try to move that lever again unless I have to.
But the 3PH still rises way too fast. When trying to raise it small increments it jerks wildly. It really goes up way too fast. My manual says that the knob under the seat is for locking the 3PH in position. This implies that it shuts off the flow of hydraulic fluid. I do have a copy of the parts manual but it does not show the fluid passages in the valve bock that the lever and knob are metering the fluid flow through. So, can the knob be used to slow the raising of the 3PH? Or is it just for holding the 3PH in position?
Thanks,
Eric
I have been away from TBN, and most of the net, for several months because of being too busy. But of course when a problem crops up and after trying and failing to fix the problem I had to come back and ask the experts.
The 3PH on my 2310 had been rising and falling too fast. When I bought the tractor a bit over a year ago it had been parked for a couple years without being started. I got the machine running, bought it, and drove it home. It came with a thin manual. Reading the manual I tried adjusting the rate at which the 3PH lowered by using the lever under the seat. This seemed to work for a while.
After not using the tractor much last winter, at least not the 3PH, when I started to use it when the weather got good I found that it moved too fast, raising and lowering. I tried turning the lever under the seat with my hands but because both wrists being crushed they are now both bone on bone joints and I have a hard time turning things. So I used a wrench and it was still very hard to turn the lever. It eventually turned though. So I raised the 3PH and upon trying to lower it nothing happened. It had an approximately 300 pound load on it at the time. Frustrated, I left it alone for a couple days. Trying it again it now works! Magic! So, it now lowers. Slower than I like but that's OK. I'm retired and can wait the extra few seconds. I am not gonna try to move that lever again unless I have to.
But the 3PH still rises way too fast. When trying to raise it small increments it jerks wildly. It really goes up way too fast. My manual says that the knob under the seat is for locking the 3PH in position. This implies that it shuts off the flow of hydraulic fluid. I do have a copy of the parts manual but it does not show the fluid passages in the valve bock that the lever and knob are metering the fluid flow through. So, can the knob be used to slow the raising of the 3PH? Or is it just for holding the 3PH in position?
Thanks,
Eric
