You Can Install A Third Function Valve Part 2 

ARMY came CORRECT on this one! EXCELLENT INSTALL! ;) Third function handle install is bar none DOPE! RAH!!

Buddy, that bracket really came together. Well done Tony.

Hi Tony, I am getting ready to install a Summit third function kit in my Branson 2400. I enjoyed your installation and have gleaned a few concepts that I was not clear with. Thank you for such a great video.

That turned out really nice. The wiring hidden in the boot makes for a factory install look. Well done.

Fit a hard line from the front of the ram to beside the rear connecter.

Haha! "A good work bench is priceless" Couldn't agree more! So hard to find good heavy duty benches anymore.. The best work benches are the older ones from the 70s and 80s, they are getting so hard to come by tho.

Tony, I have to say a big thank you, for this two parts down to earth, and very explanatory video. I’m searching the web for more than a month, for a step by step of how to install, and how this systems work, and everyone so far, did a fancy video with many skips, just to show from packaged item received by mail, to the grapple at work in the field. So.. thanks you!! And you’ve definitely got a subscriber here. Looking forward for more videos.

It came out real good except for that one hose being tight! The grapple will work great for Tanja weeds!! LOL!! It will be nice when it comes to working that sawmill!! Nice job Tony! Have a good weekend my friend!!

Very nice install. You kind of hesitated to say professional looking install but it is as good as any “professional “ install. I appreciate you taking the time to share this.

Really good step by step process, good pace, and informative. In the market for TYM 474 and came across your videos, thank you!

Great Video, I’m in the process of installing W.R. Long third function kit on my T233. And, your videos have been a big help in planning out my next steps. I wanted to get the factory kit with the hard piping. But, when i called one of the TYM dealers, he had a W.R. Long kit for my T233, in an open box. He could guarantee that all of the small bits were ther but he would give me 25% off if i wanted it instead of teh factory kit. I figure for the $600 difference between the factory kit, and the W.R. Long kit, I can buy quite a few bits and pieces. While I wait for the kit to get here, I started by getting the joystick ready while I wait for the kit to show up. On my T233, the grip on the loader joystick, was a two part assembly, and when I undid the four screw which held the halves together I found that the shaft was hollow, and there was an adapter which the handle clamped onto with the bottom two screws which held the halves of the grip together. The grip had three bosses in the left half for three push buttons. I looked online and found the correct switches for the factory Nimco handle. They were $39/each.. So, went on line and ordered ten 8-mm compact monetary contact switches for $14, with free shipping. They fit right in the factory holes, and went in really easy. And, since I had extra switches, I added three to the right side of the grip, to operate with my finger tips, and a couple on the top, to run with my thumb. So, I now have an 8-button grip, which looks almost factory. I watched another poster do the install of a factory kit on a T25, and have decided that I want to run hard lines. Hopefully I will be blue to find a couple of 3/8 hard lines, and can get the loader part of the install done this weekend, if it doesn’t rain. If it is raining out, I’ll spend the weekend drawing up plans for a tractor shed. I’m thinking 12X18-ft so I don’t have to get a permit. And since it is going to be a sheathed pole barn, I can expand it easily in the future by just adding more 12X18 cells on the side. I need to get the shed built so I have somewhere to work on the tractor. Update, the kit showed up with the UPS truck, and I just checked it over. There is one screw missing.

For filling my GC1723EB’s hydraulic fluid; I got one of those cheap hand-operated piston-type fluid transfer pumps from harbor freight. Not only does it keep me from spilling, it also makes it much easier to use 5 gal. buckets of fluid.

Tony.. Excellent and very professional job!!

Nice job Tony ! Clean, neat and fully functional. Looking forward to seeing your review of the grapple. I really like your TYM T264, awesome little workhorse and seems like a great value.

You have the patience of Job! Great job.

Unpin the cylinder and turn it over so the ports are on the right side of the tractor 🚜👍🏻👊🏻

Good morning Sir, great electrical installation and hydraulic too with a great sence of humor 👍🌞Have a blessed Sunday Cheers 🙏👍🌞😊

Dam that little tractor has a great lifting capacity, that big Ceder looks like it would of overload it.

This is so much help for the do it yourself person thanks for your advice and suggestions. Grate job.

Bonjour Tony Tu as fait une très belle vidéo. Super travail hydraulique. J'ai passé un agréable moment Merci

Nice clean looking install.

Nice video Tony, a tractor is a tool, but it's a great tool with all the implements to use with it, I have a grapple on my kioti ck3510 love it. Also the T264 is a very capable little tractor also. I have about 8 hours on my T264, it's just so dry here in Maine the soil is like powder so I haven't been using it. so keep the great videos coming my friend and stay safe.

Good job Tony. As good as any factory installation. Thats one peppy tractor. Works great. 💯% 👍

Great job

One of the best instructional videos I have seen. Your detailed process documentation and on the fly problems resolution is really helpful (ie if this then that) I am ready to order the kit you used for my MF1440 but was wondering if you had any comments on how the system has stood the test of time. Thanks Tony

Only other thing is I might look at fabricating up a brush guard of some sort to protect the hydraulic fittings & lines on the lower left side of the tractor.

Good video. Really like the looks and things of the t264. But closest dealer is over 1.5 hrs away. Ended up getting a gently used ck2610 with box blade and 5ft bush hog from lse tractor in Springfield tn. Tossing idea of getting 3rd function. Have also thought of checking into the electric grapple you showed on your channel.

Good video I see you were using the Deluxe Hamilton tool box haha

très bon vidéo,véry good vidéo

Eh... personally, I’m not a fan of those “vampire” wire taps... my experience has been that they’re unreliable. I probably would have looked at the main fuse block to see if there was an unused fuse slot that I could have tied into; and failing that; another circuit that I could have tied into by soldering onto the wire.

My bad I failed to notice it was bolter to suffrage, good job

Easy way to remove the knob, use a crescent wrench and a small hammer. Could have done that without removing the joystick from the tractor.

Great video! I have this exact tractor, would you mind sharing what length hoses you ended up with and what fittings (P/N) you needed to tap into the hydro system? I did not find a 3rd function kit from TYM BTW.

Nice install....I was wondering what’s you were going to do with the loader lever because of the molded rubber handle. That worked out well. This makes me want add the 3rd valve to my T264 too. Thanks!

Tony, first of all, what a great video on this install... I just bought the same grapple and plan to use it on a GC1725. So my question is, what kind of hoses do I need (1/2"?), and how long do I need them to connect to the cylinder, so I don't run into the problem of not being able to rotate the grapple down all the way?

Good installation but I hate those scotch locks you used to connect the main wire it is a half arsed way to join wires you could have done better. from Australia.

I’m going with a manual valve. Much less hassle

How would I connect this kit with a backhoe?

I have the TYM T474 with the WR Long 3rd function kit. Dealer installed it with the WR Long joystick that came with kit very similar to your Summit kit. I didn’t like that and I was able to remove that joystick and use the factory joystick with the WR Long kit. It wired directly into the 3rd function valve. Is there a reason you did not try to keep the factory joystick and wire it directly to the summit valve?

Hey Tony, playing catchup here. I have a new Mahindra 3650 and need to get a third function kit installed for my grapple. My local Mahindra dealer will only install a WR Long third function valve kit which is described as a "diverter" valve. My understanding is that diverts the hydraulics from one of the two loader functions, either the raise/lower or the dump/curl functions, meaning you lose one of those functions when operating the grapple open/close. It appears to me the Summit Third Function kit allows you to operate the grapple open/close without sacraficing either of the two loader functions. Is that a correct analysis? I don't want to install a WR Long kit if I cannot use all three functions at the same time. I think the Summit kit is more of what I want.

Missed some videos... are you not backing the ls tractors anymore?

When you when you get a new hydraulic line see if you can get some nylon sock covers for the hydraulic lines to protect it from the Sun. that was my only mistake good install. Is it possible to turn the hydraulic couplers in the front 90 degrees by turning the bracket?

Why can't I be played in the background

SEE IF YOU CAN GET A 6 INCH EXTENTION PIPE