Front-End Loader CT 235 FEL quit working

[a4jock]

My CT 235 has <200 hrs. on it, and has been maintained religiously here in sunny Tucson, AZ.
Today I was removing a brick wall and footings. The footings were really STOUT. I was using the FEL to lift, drag, pry, etc the footings. Things were going smashingly when the FEL decided not to function. NO up/down, but the bucket will tilt up/down, scrapper will raise/lower, and every other function works. No burst lines, Hyd fluid is full and no leaks noted anywhere.
I'm wondering if the heavy duty work out I was giving the machine tweaked a valve or ram.
Ideas?

 

[Billrog]

Could be a blown seal in one of the loader rams. you could switch lines with the bucket to see of it's the ram or not?

 

[tman1020]

I was thinking that maybe you knocked one of the loader quick disconnects loose.

 

[tcartwri]

I was thinking that maybe you knocked one of the loader quick disconnects loose.

Yup. I have snagged one on a branch and visually it looked fine.

 

[tman1020]

Awesome I'm glad it was an easy fix thanks for posting your results.

 

[GManBart]

Awesome I'm glad it was an easy fix thanks for posting your results.

That wasn't the OP responding....it was someone else.

 

[tman1020]

Thank you didn't catch that. I hope that that is all it is still

 

[powerscol]

I had a similar issue loosing curl on my CT 235. It was a bad quick connect coupler (male end). Swap the hoses around to check as mentioned above. Easy fix.