I see you have a Branson. My tractor is a Century. I bought it new in 2004. The Century I have is a 2410, which I think is the same as the Branson 1024. (They look the same except for the logo. My joy stick is on the fender with cables to the valves. How would I get the water out, or is there somewhere I can put a torch to thaw it out? By the way, a great tractor, I only have 4 to 500 hours on it, never had one problem other than having to clean the battery ground where it is attached to the farm, and that was just this summer. By the way, the original battery lasted 20 years.
Yeah, it is stored inside. I had it running yesterday when I installed the 3-point blade. I had raised and lowered the blade several times then. I doubt if I tilted the bucket then. But it did raise and lower the bucket yesterday, but when I tried to do it today, the bucket wouldn't raise. But it did break free after a half minute or so. But I still can't tilt the bucket. Thanks for the reply.
I would see if you can follow the cables from the joystick base to the directional valve. If yes look for low spot or an area where moisture might collect. If you using torch be careful to not melt or damage the cable.
It moves north and south normally. At first, it wouldn't move north and south. After fooling with it for a while, it started working. I never could get it to curl or dump. As some have suggested, I think it is frozen in the control valve. The levers are on the fender are not mounted to the control valve. I didn't get around to working on it today. I finished the job with my smaller tractor. I will try thawing it tomorrow.
A hair dryer is what a lot of mechanics use to defrost control cables
