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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 8419" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>Being you say up tilt is OK , I would say look on your tilt cylinder they may or may not have a fitting on the down side , between the fitting thats welded to the cylinder and the hydraulic hose that goes to the cylinder , this fitting is an orifice fitting and some machines had them installed to slow the bucket in the down mode so that if you have a heavy load and are lowering it with the tilt it doesn't go down too fast and bend the tilt rod , inside the fitting is a plastic disc with a hole in it , if you have this fitting which can be distinguished by a dole pin going thru the side of the fitting , take it off, if your hose is too short to reconnect with out the fitting , take the fitting apart , drive out the pin and throw the oriffice away then reassemble , it only restricts the flow on the down side of the tilt , which seems to be your problem</p></blockquote><p></p>