Ford 3000 intermittent hydraulic

[brownell3387]

I have a 67 ford 3000 and the hydraulics work intermittently both 3 point and remotes are doing it sometimes everything works just like normal then other times I have nothing the 3 point won t raise and my remote won t work I ve changed the fluid and have tried priming the pump but when I remove the priming plug on the pump it kind of just spits fluid out not a steady stream is this normal? Any help is appreciated

 

[steveo3000]

(quoted from post at 00:15:28 04/24/23) I have a 67 ford 3000 and the hydraulics work intermittently both 3 point and remotes are doing it sometimes everything works just like normal then other times I have nothing the 3 point won t raise and my remote won t work I ve changed the fluid and have tried priming the pump but when I remove the priming plug on the pump it kind of just spits fluid out not a steady stream is this normal? Any help is appreciated

When I bled mine recently, it spit a little bit out but then after a few seconds of turning over, fluid gushed out.

My hydraulics are tricky also, however I will say once they are working, they re good until the tractor is off for a short time.

To get mine working: Start the tractor. I usually leave the 3 pt up, so after about a minute or so, I slowly lower the 3pt lever until it just barely drops the arms. Once it is set to where the arms are, I will drop it another inch (small amount). Then try moving up. Usually if I do this a couple/few times, my pump starts rumbling and then fluid starts moving.

I am not sure what could be wrong with my system, and I have not touched it outside of filling fluid.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

My 72 2000 was not working all the time. OK in warm weather but for snow plowing it was either no lift or slow and chattering. I tore into
the lift, replaced all the O-rings and set all the valves and linkage but got no improvement so I put a rebuild kit in the pump from this site.
After some time getting the air to bleed out is worked great. The old check valves in the pump looked OK but I think that was the problem.