L3130 Three Point Hitch Issue

dangier_VA · Jan 19, 2015

Jim,
Planning to call a dealer tomorrow. Have 5 dealers within a 60 mile area. Someone should know. Was thinking, I wonder if there are screens like this in front of each control block. Something for a catastrophic failure and spewing parts downstream?
Thanks,
David

dangier_VA · Feb 3, 2015

The dealer general response is if the strainer was in from the factory, it should be there. One service manager said it is just added insurance if something goes wrong upstream in the hydraulic system. Not a stock item-special order.
David

PapaPerk · Feb 3, 2015

dangier_VA said:
The dealer general response is if the strainer was in from the factory, it should be there. One service manager said it is just added insurance if something goes wrong upstream in the hydraulic system. Not a stock item-special order. David

Thank you for sharing all the info with us!

jimainiac · Feb 3, 2015

I guess you just got stuck with an oddball part failure. The question is, did you order the screen? If you decide to leave it out, as Clint Eastwood said, "Do you feel lucky...?"

dangier_VA · Feb 4, 2015

Not feeling that lucky. Screen on order. Just have to pull rear hydraulic block and trans cover to reinstall. I should have the screen end of next week. They sure don't give them away. Probably .25 of steel screening-dealer price of $24.59.
David

Paul Thornton · Feb 4, 2015

I think I would have cleared and reformed the old one.

dangier_VA · Feb 6, 2015

Thought about that. Didn't want to take a chance on it being brittle and coming apart to drop into the trans sump.
David

wngsprd · Feb 9, 2015

Just found this thread. Glad you have it figured out and hope the final fix isn't too tough.

dangier_VA · Feb 13, 2015

Picked up new screen the other day and installed yesterday. Did order new o-rings the same time. Now that I have been in the hydraulic block before, it is no big deal. Had the whole job done in an hour. Big thing is keeping everything clean. That screen is clamped between the trans cover and the rear hydraulic control block with an o-ring-doesn't look too secure, especially when the o-rings harden with age.
David

Gordon Gould · Feb 13, 2015

dangier_VA said:
Picked up new screen the other day and installed yesterday. Did order new o-rings the same time. Now that I have been in the hydraulic block before, it is no big deal. Had the whole job done in an hour. Big thing is keeping everything clean. That screen is clamped between the trans cover and the rear hydraulic control block with an o-ring-doesn't look too secure, especially when the o-rings harden with age.
David

Hmm - Sounds like you were just unlucky. Must be that there are other screens waiting to break free and cause trouble.

Nice reporting on this issue David. Thank you.