ive been running a 2002 430D backhoe a few weeks now,the other guy got fired,and he took the owners manuel(i think) anyway i started it up this morning and have been hearing an alarm all day and a light comes on on the dash ecm i dont recognize the icon engine oil is up,coolent is normal range, no leakes under neath machine. the brake pedal feels a little soft when i pump the brakes a few times the pedal feels o.k., where can i get a online ecm manuel other than going to milton cat? tranny feels fine
What did the action light indicator look like?
it was the right side colum about three indicaters down
it was in the right side colum three icons down,and it was a red circle with a red inner circle
That almost sound like brake pressure warning indicator
i suspected brake failure also would that be fluid in the resavoir is there a sensor ?
the pedal feels funny somtimes ,but this little shovel still stops okay
I think the resovoir is under the hood right up next to the dash, should be a little cup looking deal that says 10w on it. As for the sensor, I'm having trouble remembering the exact location of it. How many pumps does it take for the brake pedal to go soft and go to the floor?
Any way that you can hook up a set of gauges and use a port a power to put pressure in the front and rear diff by removing the oil supply line to the brakes and hooking the port a power to that? If you pressureize it and it does not hold or drops down very quickly you have an internal brake issue. If you can't do that, you could always pull the fill plug and see if the diff is overfull, if the brakes are blown or leaking the diff will be overfull.
as soon as you put it in drive forward,about three pumps back to a hard pedal and your right about the location of the resivoir and the 10W i saw that this morning ill check it out tomorrow a.m. thanks for your help we are online at the same time,oh buy the way i loved the castilla san marcos
Hey, no problem. If you have any other questions, lemme know. And yea the fort down here is pretty cool.
my uncle lives in jacksonville i drove down in 1997 he took me on a day trip to st augastine he wanted to show me the castilla we ate at a restaurent in the old section,and wnt to orlando for three days. great state of florida your lucky,but you dont have the big lobsters and crabs like us yankees thanks for the help john
Yea, I do love me some Lobster. I just hate summer time in Florida, so hot.
If it is the 3rd light down on the right column of indicators, it is the brake reservoir oil level. There is a sensor at the bottom of the reservoir that trips the light on the dash.
pdgx thanks i checked it this morning all is well,thanks for the info john