2305 MMM not lifting

[mattasimms]

I am trying to find out (and fix) my 2305 MMM raise and lower function. I was low on hydraulic fluid when mowing stopped (belt came off). Put belt on and added fluid to the tractor. Belt is fine and blades turn fine...I just can not get the deck to raise. My 3pt hitch raises and lowers just fine.

Please help!
MS

 

[RollTideRam]

I have read on here about something coming out of adjustment. It has something to do with how the lift is connected to your 3pt. I remember this being covered on here last summer. JC

 

[kennyd]

Do you have the spreader bar or I-Match installed on the 3PH?

 

[mattasimms]

I have a 3pt to a 2"ball for a boat trailer.

 

[BamaJDfan]

If your lift is not hydraulic, on the left hand 3pt hitch lift arm there is a lever that pushes a rod fwd to a shaft to lift the mower. Check to see if your 3 pt hitch lift arm has slipped past that lever, if the rod is bent or out of adjustment, or if the weld connecting the fitting on that shaft broke. You have to have a spreader bar or iMatch or something to keep the 3 pt hitch lift arms spread far enough apart to catch that lever.

 

[mattasimms]

You hit it right on the head. I was pulling a tree yesterday and must have bent the piece that is on the left arm of the 3ph...Now I have to find a way to bend it back. I am sure a vice will do the trick.

Thanks for your help!
MS