Just picked up a DK50c. Now I want/NEED a service manual. Anyone? Pretty please>

[Coyote machine]

Re: Just picked up a DK50c. Now I want/NEED a service manual. Anyone? Pretty please>

You're not likely to get a CD version of a service manual for that vintage/model. Call a Kioti dealer who advertises here on TBN and just pay the going rate for the print version. Also see about getting an owner's manual too, for description of the instrument cluster lights/etc.
Post a picture of the light you're describing.
Are you moving when turning the front wheels?

 

[StickFlicker]

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I had seen the CD on Ebay just before I bought this tractor but didn't spring on it since I had not bought the DK yet. So naturally now that I have the DK I do not see the CD for sale.

I'm on the road (working) now but if I see the light in the future I'll snap a pic of it. It was really odd,,,two boxes (one on top of the other) with the top box having short ears (for lack of a better...) and inside both boxes were small triangles.

And yes the steering feels like it's locking up when on the move if turned all the way to either L. or R.

 

[gunmonkeyintl]

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Any chance it is your brake interlock light? My light is a little different than you describe, but it is two boxes with "ears". Even if your independant brake pedals are locked, whatever sensor reads the position of the lock could be bad.

 

[StickFlicker]

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Thanks but I don't think so. The indicator light for my brake is a circle With a (P) inside.

 

[gunmonkeyintl]

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Thanks but I don't think so. The indicator light for my brake is a circle With a (P) inside.

That is your parking brake light.
There is a seperate indicator light for the left/right brake pedal lock if you have that feature. The light is two pedals, so it looks like two rectangles with "ears".

 

[thorholt]

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I'm still waiting to get a manual. I keep looking on Ebay for the CD but nothing yet.

I was mowing last week with the DK50 and I noticed a dash light. I could not decipher the symbol, (a two part rectangle with one box sitting over the other both with a smaller triangle inside centered. And the top box had two (ears) best as I can describe it. I reasoned that maybe the pto gearbox was getting overheated. Although I really could not get that from the light but I stopped the tractor since I was done mowing and went around back and felt the housing. It was hot so I let it cool down for 20 minutes. Started back up and the light was gone so I rode it back to the house.

Also noticed that sometimes when I turn the front wheels sharply they seem to lock up and are difficult to turn back straight. I've had to jockey the tractor back and forth a couple times just to get it to turn back. Funny but my 1987 Ford 2110 used to do the same thing.

You can purchase a pdf download version of it on tradebit dot com, Do a search for your DK50 and then you can pay through paypal, $7.50 gets it.

 

[Egbert]

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I was able to locate the CD service manual on EBAY for my DK50. Paid about $10. Unfortunately, the manual is pretty much useless. Such things as basic maintenance are poorly covered - if at all. The hydraulic fluid capacity is listed in multiple places with multiple figues - ranging from 11 gal to 40 gal. Somehow, I find that less than helpful

If there is a link to concise instructions for the 50 hour service - I'd love to have someone send it along.

 

[StickFlicker]

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Well I now know what the indicator light is.
According to the manual it's the "Hydraulic Filter Warning Lamp" . I guess it lights up when it see a big enough difference in pressure on either side of the filter. I've planned a fluid and filter change anyway so I'm hoping that will end that.