L2501 Leaking mystery fluid / grease??

Eesquibel

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May 8, 2020
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After working my 2501 HST for about 5 hrs today I noticed some drips of something on my front axle on the loader control side. I swiped it and almost looked like grease, not so much like fluid. I found it was coming out of a small hole on the control valve. I assumed it would of been hyd fluid but like I said it was thick like grease.Is this hole supposed to be here? Is it a vent or something? Or is this a problem? I posted a picture of the part that this stuff was coming out of. Tractor just hit 10hrs.
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North Idaho Wolfman

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yes it's supossed to have a hole to vent, and it's probably just lube from assembly of the detent.
 
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