Valmet 6600 Lift Arms Not Moving - Any Ideas?

[slack ma girdle]

2 minutes ago, northumbriaforestry said:

I have checked some but with this info from you I may have a better idea of what I'm looking for. I'll go search for one that has something to do with that. Thank you very much.

Good luck Nat

[woody paul]

All electric so must be a fuse or relay some where.

[Brushcutter]

Press the auto control button left and right and then the position wheel should move the links.

 

The other thing to check is if you have a manual linkage adjustment out the back window is vertical and not at 90 degrees in one of the notches or it won't  move on the auto control.

[s o c]

Is one of the levers for the spool valves engaged?

[northumbriaforestry]

Just wanted to thank everyone who helped on this. It's all fixed now & I know these threads often show up when people google things in the future so I'm leaving a problem solved explanation in case it should help anyone.

 

The Auto Control some mentioned, we've never used it, only ever used the basic up & down lift arms buttons. Having the lift arms in the up position so long as to keep them out the way of the forwarding trailer had caused the solenoids to get sticky & weren't operating. On top of that there was no power getting to the buttons in the cab to make them work. Having made this diagnosis, I was fortunate that the wonderful John from Jas P Wilson was a little over an hour away & able to drop down last thing on a rainy Friday. He removed the stuck solenoid under the cab, repaired it & then he & my husband removed the panels inside & found that the whole auto control system had previously been bypassed which make sense as to why we never had any lights on it & none of it seemed to do anything, & the buttons we had been using had been tapped into the cig lighter & it was that fuse that had blown along with a loose wire. Pretty simple really & just proves why I only run old gear. Thanks to John & my husband it was all repaired & working in less than 2 hours & the only "new" part fitted was a fuse! I hope that helps someone of the future.

 

Cheers,

Nat.

[swinny]

1 hour ago, northumbriaforestry said:

Just wanted to thank everyone who helped on this. It's all fixed now & I know these threads often show up when people google things in the future so I'm leaving a problem solved explanation in case it should help anyone.

 

The Auto Control some mentioned, we've never used it, only ever used the basic up & down lift arms buttons. Having the lift arms in the up position so long as to keep them out the way of the forwarding trailer had caused the solenoids to get sticky & weren't operating. On top of that there was no power getting to the buttons in the cab to make them work. Having made this diagnosis, I was fortunate that the wonderful John from Jas P Wilson was a little over an hour away & able to drop down last thing on a rainy Friday. He removed the stuck solenoid under the cab, repaired it & then he & my husband removed the panels inside & found that the whole auto control system had previously been bypassed which make sense as to why we never had any lights on it & none of it seemed to do anything, & the buttons we had been using had been tapped into the cig lighter & it was that fuse that had blown along with a loose wire. Pretty simple really & just proves why I only run old gear. Thanks to John & my husband it was all repaired & working in less than 2 hours & the only "new" part fitted was a fuse! I hope that helps someone of the future.

 

Cheers,

Nat.

Can't remember John's last name but is he Lincolnshire way? From recollection.... if so spot on real nice Chap!

 

 

[northumbriaforestry]

23 minutes ago, swinny said:

Can't remember John's last name but is he Lincolnshire way? From recollection.... if so spot on real nice Chap!

 

 

No, Dalbeatie its self, but also a really lovely & helpful guy.

[swinny]

1 hour ago, northumbriaforestry said:

No, Dalbeatie its self, but also a really lovely & helpful guy.

Sure he's the chap that got my old mf 399 then