International 260A Backhoe

jimnelson · Oct 6, 2010

I am in charge of liquidating an estate, and the gentleman owned an International 260A backhoe. I have some tractor experience, but am unfamiliar with this machine. The battery seems to be OK, but turning the key and pushing the start button gets me nothing. I put the transmission in neutral, and my foot on the brakes, but no go.

Any suggestions?

Also, is there somewhere that I might be able to get an operators manual for this machine?

TIA...

jim

jimnelson · Oct 9, 2010

OK, I figured out how to start the backhoe. Wierd...

The next problem... One of the front loader cylinders has a seal leak, and the hydraulic fluid level has gotten very low. However, I don't know if the hydraulics are a seperate system, or if they share the hydrostatic transmission fluid. I couldn't find a seperate hydraulic tank, nor could I tell how to check the transmission fluid level.

Any advice, or pointing me to a another site, would be greatly appreciated.

jim