Tractor Repair: hydrauic bucket not going up, ford 1210, oil level


Question
the bucket on the front of my ford 1210 will not lift all the way up. Goes about 1/4 way. The dump and dig work fine and everything else works also. Not sure of the year. Never been in the shop for repairs, has only 400 hrs

Answer
Jeff Hi i'm Danny your problem could be one of two things I feel 1 low oil level in transmission where the oil supply is coming fro as lift rams hold more oil than the dig rams or blocked oil filter as you say no repairs have been done in 400hrs of use.
Does the loader jerk as you lift above the 1/4 mark if so this is low oil level top up and seeif it works ok if it jerks all the time then this could be partially blocked filter.
Jeff let me know how you go matey i'm in Australia.



                   Regards Danny Last