Ive owned this tractor for over 15 years. Its old, but operates decent except it likes to run away when its super cold out.
When i first got it i used to be able to lift the back of a pick up truck off the ground easy. The tractor would lift the back tires off the ground (no counter weight, dumb i know) before the tractor couldnt lift.
I bought a 3 pt backhoe for it, for small projects (i know to go easy on a frameless tractor). But before I could install it, the hydros got very slow and weak.
Clearly it wont be able to run a back hoe since its very weak now.
So i changed the fluid and suction a screen (everything was clean) with no change.
So what should i check next? The lack of blue paint on the hydraulic pump leads me to believe someone changed it before. Im not afraid to buy a pump, but i dont like blindly throughing parts at something.
No idea if the 3 point hitch is weak too because i never use it.
Tractor has about 2,000 easy hours on it.
When i first got it i used to be able to lift the back of a pick up truck off the ground easy. The tractor would lift the back tires off the ground (no counter weight, dumb i know) before the tractor couldnt lift.
I bought a 3 pt backhoe for it, for small projects (i know to go easy on a frameless tractor). But before I could install it, the hydros got very slow and weak.
Clearly it wont be able to run a back hoe since its very weak now.
So i changed the fluid and suction a screen (everything was clean) with no change.
So what should i check next? The lack of blue paint on the hydraulic pump leads me to believe someone changed it before. Im not afraid to buy a pump, but i dont like blindly throughing parts at something.
No idea if the 3 point hitch is weak too because i never use it.
Tractor has about 2,000 easy hours on it.