Before I go off and try to rediscover the hydraulic wheel, I thought I might describe what's going on with my magical three point hitch, and seek some advise and suggestions.I have a 51 8N, rather rough and tired machine. I put in a new (at least to me) hydraulic pump that looked fine. I think it was supposedly rebuilt. In any case, the valves and such all looked fine. I've had the upper part of the hydraulics off, and honed the cylinder. It's a bit chewed up, but nothing horrible. I do think I broke a thingie attempting to adjust my upper link spring tension. I should never have put that bar in it and tried to turn. When something went snap, I quit. The problem is my hydraulics work when they want to, and how they want to. The main problem is the hydraulics go up only when they feel like it. Sometimes it will respond immediately, sometimes it takes several minutes. If there's a ryme and reason to this, I haven't found it. The second problem is it also has it's own unique opinion about what the lever position means. Half way up on the control lever can sometimes mean almost maximum lift, and other times it means drop to the ground. It also has a unique way of lifting things. Sometimes it's rather smooth, and we settle right in at the target point and hold still. Other times we go sailing by, drop, pickup again, and tremblingly approach the steady position. It's like dealing with an excited puppy that's afraid it's going to be spanked. For those of you that have had experiences like this, what did you find? What do you suggest?
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