[fowells]

My 1998 Massey Ferguson 451 has a 1050 factory loader and the bucket tilt bleeds down quickly after being raised. The lift function does not bleed down. The stick shows the sump is full of clean fluid and there are no fluid leaks. Can anyone tell me how I should proceed to diagnose and fix this? Thanks for your help.

 

[fowells]

Good morning fowells. You could disconnect the hoses at the quick connects to see if that still happens. This may indicate the bucket tilt cylinders are leaking internally if it does, and maybe a leak in the loader control if it doesn't. Or could swap the hoses between the bucket tilt and boom. if the boom starts dropping and the bucket is fine, then you may have a leak or some debris in the loader controls.

Thank you pogobill. I'll give those suggestions a try. Also, do you know a good site to get a service manual from? None of the sites I looked at online have a manual for the MF 451.

 

[fowells]

The service manuals seem to be scarce. Do you have an operators manual? Lots of info there!

I don't have an Operators Manual and I'd love to have one. Do you know how I'd get that one? Thanks for your help,pogobill.