574 hydraulic problems

Posted by Clark on April 23, 2002 at 18:37:22 from (206.74.5.37):

My father and I recently bought a 574 Diesel and today I was getting ready to plow a garden for a neighbor and as I backed up to hook up to the plow I noticed the steering getting stiff. I dropped the lift arms and hooked to the plow and when I tried to raise the lift it wouldn't budge. I unhooked the plow and tried raising it and still no luck. I drove back to my workshop and the steering was very stiff the whole way. Since we haven't had this tractor long I figured I was doing something wrong so when I got to the shop I shut the tractor off and went to get my manual. The only things I found in the manual that might point to a possible cause were low fluid or a clogged filter. All the filters on the tractor were changed when we bought it so I checked the fluid. The manual wasn't clear on exactly where the fluid should show when full, there's a crosshatch pattern near the bottom of the dipstick and a line across the dipstick near the top, but the fluid in my tractor was approximately halfway between these two marks so it's either over full or low. Anyway, I decided to wait until I had more info before attempting to fix the problem so I started the tractor back up and put it in the shed. This time the steering worked fine. Thinking it might have just been a fluke problem I raised and lowered the lift a few times after I got the tractor in the shed and after about 4 times the lift wouldn't come up again. Has anyone else had a problem like this before or heard of this happening? If so, can someone tell me where to start looking for a cause to my problems. Thanks!

Clark

Follow Ups:

• Re: 574 hydraulic problems colin rolfe 10:28:15 08/03/04 (0)
• Re: 574 hydraulic problems Clark 15:34:01 04/24/02 (0)
• Re: 574 hydraulic problems Michael Soldan 19:17:40 04/23/02 (0)
• Re: 574 hydraulic problems Harold Hubbard 19:11:38 04/23/02 (0)

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