Snowblower issues. Mid Point PTO and chute rotation.

Gaspasser

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1) Tractor mid point PTO lever will not stay engaged. Have to keep upward pressure on lever and rear pto spins as well. Display shows both engaged wth occasional brief episodes of only mid point pto. 2) Chute deflector works up and down, but the rotation control only works in counterclockwise direction. Cannot get it to return to center or turn clockwise. All hose connections double checked; seem to be correct color matching of hoses. I've included images. Any thoughts anyone? Thanks.
 

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Russell King

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1) can’t help at all
2) I assume you have the FEL valve to drive the chute rotation (that is done with a hydraulic motor). You probably have a valve that allows hydraulic regeneration for faster dump speed. That does not work well with the hydraulic motor. If you can verify that you might be able to use a different valve but I don’t know if that functionality is part of all the FEL valves or just the one section.
 

DustyRusty

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Assuming that the hoses are connected correctly without matching the hose to the book instructions is most likely the problem. On my snowplow, the dealer's installer incorrectly put the wrong color rings on the hoses. If you hook it up the way it is marked when you push the joystick to the right, the plow angles to the left. Not correct because it is counterintuitive. I will change it sometime when warmer weather gets here, but for the time being, I understand what goes where.
Your tractor looks fairly new, so why not ask your selling dealer to sort it out?