I was bush hogging along and the PTO, power steering, and the lift all stopped working. The loader bucket is the only thing that still works! Trans Fluid is normal level. The engine runs fine and the tractor drives and shifts well, except for the lack of power steering. It has only 1600 hours on the tractor, which my dad bought new about 20 years ago.
The mechanics in the shop at the dealership told me it sounds like a transfer pump or something internal has failed, and will require splitting the tractor to repair. They told me to pull the hyd. filter element and see what kind of trash is in it. If its full of black plastic stuff its the transfer pump has failed catastrophically. I haven't pulled the filter yet.
Any insight or tips on what to check or information on this I would greatly appreciate.
thanks!
The mechanics in the shop at the dealership told me it sounds like a transfer pump or something internal has failed, and will require splitting the tractor to repair. They told me to pull the hyd. filter element and see what kind of trash is in it. If its full of black plastic stuff its the transfer pump has failed catastrophically. I haven't pulled the filter yet.
Any insight or tips on what to check or information on this I would greatly appreciate.
thanks!