MF Owners...I need some help

[Rford]

I think I may have figured out my 3PH issue but I need someone to take a look at their MF and help me out.

There is a hydraulic control valve in front of the driver's seat that has something to do with how the oil flows. The lever has three positions according to what I can figure out. But I don't know which is supposed to control the 3PH.

I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me if its supposed to be left, center or right (when seated, facing forward) to operate the 3PH.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

It would help to have a model and year number

 

[Rford]

Sure would...jeez. It is a 231, probably mid 90s. I figured it out. There is a hydraulic selector valve in front of the seat. It can be switched between orafices, I don't know exactly what they all do, but somehow the lever got moved and basically shut off the fluid to the 3PH. Put it in the "up" position and the 3PH hydraulics are back in good order....

 

[METinPA]

Moving the lever all the way down and toward the front of the tractor will allow you to run the FEL (at least that's what mine does). Having the lever straight up and down (in the middle) allows you to run the 3 point hitch.