Kelly Davidson
Member
Hey all, I just purchased a jcb 1700 backhoe. Now, please forgive me and my ignorance on these models and how/why I purchased it. The guy bought it to resale. So, I got it from him. He told me one of the hydraulic hoses busted and he replaced it. Watched him start it, move it around and work everything. It was raining Saturday when I got it, so of course I didn't pop the hood and look at everything. Guy delivered it to my house and of course, I'm a happy man. He drove it to a place I asked him to. Now keep in mind, it's still pouring out rain.
But today it's freezing cold here in TN with the wind blowing, started it, let it warm up and moved around in it for about 15 or 20 minutes. Then moving got slower going forward until it stopped and barely would move backwards. Then, it stalled and died. Before it died, I noticed a little more puffing of diesel around the engine, so I figured out how to pop the hood and check everything. The first thing I noticed was a hose missing from the water pump to the top. From all indications, I don't think it had alot of coolant (if any). Second, is I checked the dip stick on the side and of course it's not even reading any fluid for what I think is the tranny. Now I know if a diesel gets hot, it can eventually stall, so I let it cool off before making sure it started again.
I'm not wanting to do any more damage by trying to start it again, until I get these fluids back in it. But it's in an area that I really need to move it because it's in the way. I take responsibility and it's my fault as I didn't use common sense to check all the fluids before doing anything like this. I'm sure there's alot that wasn't told to me, but I also know how old it is and it probably needs just some good servicing.
Gonna try to find a service manual for it, but for now here are my questions:
1) What kind of transmission fluid (oil, hydraulic, etc) do I need to put in it. Do I just need to find the drain plug, drain it, find a filter if there is one, replace it and put new fluid back in? I've heard they take up to 5 gallons, just not sure what kind...Mercon LV, ATF, or what? I've read the forum and noticed a few things, like i might be a synchro shuttle trans that takes some kind of special HyTrans oil, etc. But any help would be appreciated!
2). I know my dad uses regular universal coolant in his Ford 4000. Can I get away with normal coolant, or do I need to get some specialized formula (cause it's diesel).
But today it's freezing cold here in TN with the wind blowing, started it, let it warm up and moved around in it for about 15 or 20 minutes. Then moving got slower going forward until it stopped and barely would move backwards. Then, it stalled and died. Before it died, I noticed a little more puffing of diesel around the engine, so I figured out how to pop the hood and check everything. The first thing I noticed was a hose missing from the water pump to the top. From all indications, I don't think it had alot of coolant (if any). Second, is I checked the dip stick on the side and of course it's not even reading any fluid for what I think is the tranny. Now I know if a diesel gets hot, it can eventually stall, so I let it cool off before making sure it started again.
I'm not wanting to do any more damage by trying to start it again, until I get these fluids back in it. But it's in an area that I really need to move it because it's in the way. I take responsibility and it's my fault as I didn't use common sense to check all the fluids before doing anything like this. I'm sure there's alot that wasn't told to me, but I also know how old it is and it probably needs just some good servicing.
Gonna try to find a service manual for it, but for now here are my questions:
1) What kind of transmission fluid (oil, hydraulic, etc) do I need to put in it. Do I just need to find the drain plug, drain it, find a filter if there is one, replace it and put new fluid back in? I've heard they take up to 5 gallons, just not sure what kind...Mercon LV, ATF, or what? I've read the forum and noticed a few things, like i might be a synchro shuttle trans that takes some kind of special HyTrans oil, etc. But any help would be appreciated!
2). I know my dad uses regular universal coolant in his Ford 4000. Can I get away with normal coolant, or do I need to get some specialized formula (cause it's diesel).
