Now I have that broke loose. I don't think that was the problem. Looks like someone had opened the speed control valve aggressively open from the factory. Since I had never moved it. It just stayed that way.
But now I start the tractor up with the lever in the down position for the 3 point and...
I was using my LS MT357 to grade the driveway. I lifted my driveway grader to turn around. When I went to lower it. It would not go down. I assumed it was the speed control valve. So I tried to open it. The knob would not turn in either direction. I figured the linkage from the knob to the valve...