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Message: <blockquote data-quote="glamont" data-source="post: 84928" data-attributes="member: 12042"><p>Hi all, I read the few posts about electrical and seat belt wiring, but I don't think my issue was discussed in any of those threads. Anyway, Here's what's happening: I recently bought a (2002) John Deere 240 with just under 2200 hours on the hobbs meter (if the meter that measures time is called the same thing as in air planes, but honestly I don't know). I gave it it's first "work out yesterday and noticed something that can be considered anywhere from annoying to frustrating. While I was operating it, the parking brake light would suddenly go on and it would stop and make grinding noises. If I moved the controls to a neutral position, the grinding would stop, then I needed to press the parking brake switch back off (sometimes I needed to press it on and off again) then it would seem to work again. A few times the seat belt light came on as if the seat belt wasn't being used, but it was. The way I got around that was to tap the panel and the light would go off and I could work again. My question is, first off has anyone seen this behavior before? Second, I'm thinking it's more of a lose wire than a short, but it could be either or both (since both indicators are acting funny); If I remove the panel to inspect the wiring, would it be straight forward to identify goes to specific accessories or will I need to trace them? Also, does that panel come off and on pretty easily or are there going to be "tricks" to it? Oh, I also read a thread talking about changing out all of the fluids when they bought new equipment, so I'll be attempting to get that done too. I'll go back and read more on that thread. I also read a post where someone has a mechanic manual (900+ pages PDF) for the 2001 model and I'm thinking that it should be the same for 2000 - 2005; What's the cost to get a copy? No owner's manuals came with the unit. Thanks, Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>

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