Hydraulic problem 460 Mc -Farmall

• 460 Hydraulics

Thanks for the referral. I wrote that story just for these occasions.

"THE Joe Evans" . . .wow! . . . Great to hear from you! Your website is at the top of my favorites list! I discovered your article right when I needed help to troubleshoot the hydraulics difficulties I was experiencing with the Fasthitch on my 340U, and it was extremely helpful. It encouraged me to tear into mine. In fact I"m getting ready to reinstall it right now. In the past year I"ve referred your article to many folks, as it certainly is vastly superior to any of the IH Blue Ribbon manuals.

I appreciate the time you put into developing it, and hope you"ll continue to write more . . . I enjoy your writing style.

The problem(s) we experienced with those hydraulics just drove us all nuts, but restricted time and resources lent themselves into not getting the work done. I simply got fed up with all that crap and tore into it.

While the I&T manual for the -60 series is OK, it's a little lacking in troubleshooting ideas, IMO. So...the repair was certainly going to be a learning experience, thus I documented it for posterity's sake hopefully making it useful for others experiencing the same woes. It appears to have met my goals.

I had a lot of fun doing that, and perhaps more is on the horizon. Just got done fixing the PS cylinder, piston and sector shaft on the 460 as well as replacing the upper bolster casting where all these items set up housekeeping. Turned out to be easier than I had suspected, but it helps to have a brawny brother around to horse that casting! Might do something about that although I neglected to take pics.

Thank you!

Regardless, there will DEFINITELY be a full report on a TA fix. Dad "fixed" it many years ago, but that didn't turn out to be long-lived, plus some seals were rolled or installed incorrectly allowing the tractor to leak profusely and from places that don't have places. You can always tell when I was running the shuttle at the Fair with the 460: it dribbled Hy-Tran on the asphalt leaving "tracks". At least that was testimony that I was doing my volunteer duty at the Fair. No argument as to whose tractor it was!

If so make sure the lever for the fast hitch is not traveling to far to the raised postion.

If it is out of adjustment it will try to raise the fast hitch farther than the cylinder will let it.

Gary