Tractor wouldn't move - Any thoughts?

[rgood]

Guys, I went to use my tractor 2610D for the 2nd time ever and it wouldn't move forward or back - I checked the hyd fluid and it wasn't on the stick- (might have a leak somewhere) Went to Autozone (don't have any tractor places nearby) and bought some. I put in about a quart and it looked good - Fired it up and tried it, NO Go - Tried to move the bucket and the bucket moved - Shut it off for a bit - Then fired up and tried again - NO GO - So, this time I let the clutch out real fast and it moved - Now, I don't know if the problem was the fluid, or if the clutch was somehow stuck.

Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[Kendall69]

It was low fluid. It took a time to build up pressure, and also by letting out the clutch HARD you gave it a good boost of pressure.
When fluid gets that low it takes time to build up pressure throughout the system.

 

[1danny]

Guys, I went to use my tractor 2610D for the 2nd time ever and it wouldn't move forward or back - I checked the hyd fluid and it wasn't on the stick- (might have a leak somewhere) Went to Autozone (don't have any tractor places nearby) and bought some. I put in about a quart and it looked good - Fired it up and tried it, NO Go - Tried to move the bucket and the bucket moved - Shut it off for a bit - Then fired up and tried again - NO GO - So, this time I let the clutch out real fast and it moved - Now, I don't know if the problem was the fluid, or if the clutch was somehow stuck.

Any thoughts? Thanks

If it was only a quart low I don't think it was because the fluid was low, more likely one of the brakes was locked up. I thought you bought a YM2210D.

Danny

 

[rgood]

Danny, you are right - 2210D

I don't think it was the brakes - I would have been able to kind of "feel" that -And the RPMs would have dropped/bogged the engine more.

Hydraulic Fluid Question I bought some at AutoZone - The tractor manual said ensure you get Transmission/Hydraulic fluid.

We are not fortunate enough to have a Rural king or a TSC store - The kind I bought was the only one that said the following - Hyd. Trans. - There were no Spec #'s in the manual and no Spec #'s on the fluid - It was $31 in a 5 Gallon bucket - And the brand was Coastal - Any thoughts on that?

 

[mark777]

Rgood,

Sounds as if your hydraulic reservoir screen/filter is scavenging debris and clogging. This could cause the problems your are experiencing.

Mark

 

[rgood]

Thanks Mark - I'll see if I can find them and verify - I think previous posts talk about this issue. I need to find them anyway.

 

[kenmac]

The hyd. fluid you should use will have the same specs as JD303. It should state this on the container

 

[rgood]

Thanks Kenmac - I did see JD303 on the container - It helps me to know I got the right one.

 

[Gizmo36]

Seem like a lot of tractors are coming from that dealer with bad hydraulic. ether they are stop up or want stay up.I think I would be calling that dealer to have him fix it . didn't you just get it, you should not have to be work on the hydraulic on a tractor you just got.

 

[1danny]

Thanks Mark - I'll see if I can find them and verify - I think previous posts talk about this issue. I need to find them anyway.

The screen is located on the left side of the tyransmission just below the brake housing. The round cover is held on by 2 small bolts. You will have to drain the oil first.

Danny

 

[oldhippy]

I am having a little trouble understanding this post. rgood says that his bucket is working fine but tractor will not move. It would seem to me that his problem is not hyd pump but clutch. I see that his tractor is a 2010 and the 10 means power shift so maybe the power shift is hyd driven. I know that one of the cures on a gear tractor is to release a stuck clutch it to let it out quick (pop it) and that may shake the clutch disc from the pressure plate. Someone please educate me. Thanks big dan

 

[Eddie]

I understand where he's coming from. The first start of the morning my 2020 will lift the bucket, and 3ph immediately, it takes about 15-20 seconds before it will move. It has always done that so I never thought anything about it. The rest of the day it operates immediately. Guess it takes time for pressure to build up in the Powershift.

 

[Mickey_Fx]

I am having a little trouble understanding this post. rgood says that his bucket is working fine but tractor will not move. It would seem to me that his problem is not hyd pump but clutch. I see that his tractor is a 2010 and the 10 means power shift so maybe the power shift is hyd driven. ....

Bingo, on at least on some of the models and maybe all with power shift, you have to have hyd pressure for the trans to operate. Looking at the parts manual for my model all the gears are shifted via hyd operated clutches.

Here's a couple pics from the manual. First pic show the various internal clutch packs and the second pic shows some of the hyd components.

 

[oldhippy]

I see what you mean about the hyd shift. I think that would be nice to have but I am stuck with what I have. Thanks for the info. big dan

 

[Eddie]

It's great with a FEL especially with a dash shifter.

 

[LMTC]

It all depends on personal peference. I prefer to operate units with the older powershift, on top of the transmission. I have no good reason other than personal preference.

 

[rgood]

After adding that quart of fluid the tractor worked - However, later, it began to have about a 3 Second hesitation when you put it into gear.

The filter was Chock full - I'll post some pictures later.

 

[mark777]

..........The filter was Chock full - I'll post some pictures later.

Now would be a very good time to run the tractor up to temperature, shut down and drain all the hydraulic fluids. Your hydraulics FEL, transmission and 3PH should operate with no noticeable hesitation.

Mark