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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    Resolution: Removed Wheel and fender....so then we could see a bolt was extra tight. Cleaned, greased, inserted looser and with locktite. Worked much better. After replacing all the hydraulic fluid, works much, much better. So glad we changed fluid and filters.
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    Wow...how handy....no need to remove anything to get to it...
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    Thanks. I have been thinking about that a lot. I remember being encouraged to put fluid in the tire to lower the center of gravity....I never got around to doing it. The valve cannot be accessed without removing the wheel....I am assured
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    I added two new files to the below link. Both are from the official WSM manual. One attempts to explain float/detent/etc and is called: ubotaFEL-Float I said attempts because I don't really understand how it works...and maybe don't need to. Other shows details of the valve is is called...
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    I hope when you have time you can look at my post....you responded to a similar post years ago...

    I hope when you have time you can look at my post....you responded to a similar post years ago. I need to swap the valve and you seem to know about it. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=390306#post390306
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    Thanks. I did that. BTW, I made a Google Doc folder with pictures and such in it: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1pf-tvuCT8vsrizg4JChypE1re84p9__o Also, I noticed on the earlier post that Lil Foot said: When my B7100 & my buddy's B7510 showed the same symptoms, we looked at the...
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    This is what I am trying to implement provided by user MOWOG from the referenced old thread:
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    Part 2 response....My intended solution as provided by user MOWOG I had a similar problem recently... the piston on the left was stuck in the forward position. I removed the control valve from the tractor and put it over a square plastic pan to dismantle it... So I wouldn't loose anything...
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    Two part response: Here is the issue the other person had and is my exact same issue on my exact same model: I am proud owner of a L3240 HST and having a problem with FEL control valve in the left or right position; it sticks and has to be manually bumped back in neutral position. Moving the...
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    L3240 FEL Control Valve Removal Replacement Advice sought

    I hope I am doing this the right way. I think Forums don't like for us to comment on very old posts...but my situation is exactly like the old link copied at the bottom of this post. So the thread referenced sesms to say: try cleaning outside, but if that does not work, clean inside of valve...