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Trouble Shooting & FAQs
Cab Controls: Frequently Asked Questions

1. Body up lever is not operating smoothly (stiff).
2. Body up lever will not raise body.
3. Air tailgate switch (V8S switch) leaking in the cab.
4. PTO switch is not engaging PTO. (See also: PTO's and Pumps).
5. Body up light malfunctioning.


Body up lever is not operating smoothly (stiff)

Possible Cause: (Cable actuated pump) Cable is binding.

  • Within 12 warranty period call 800.777.2671 ask for the Warranty Department, after 12-month Warranty period ask for the Parts Department. (Body serial number needed)
  • If you replace cable please examine connection kits between cable and pump. Replace connection kit if excessive rust is apparent.
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Body up lever will not raise body.

Possible Cause: (Air actuated) Body up lever a.k.a. feather valve is defective.

  • Release airlines at the pump for the feather valve.
  • Operate feather valve and check airline pressure with airlines unattached.
  • If one of the airlines is not producing enough pressure to operate shifter spool on the pump, the feather valve may be defective.
  • Replace feather valve.
  • Within 12-month warranty period call 800.777.2671 ask for the Warranty Department, after 12 months ask for the Parts Department. (Body serial number needed)


Possible Cause: (Cable operated) Cast aluminum ear at the bottom of the body up lever, where cable attaches, has broken off. (This would normally be a symptom of a bound cable, and the lever has been forced.)

  • Within 12-month warranty period call 800.777.2671 ask for the Warranty Department, after 12 months ask for the Parts Department. (Body serial number needed)
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Air tailgate switch (V8S switch) leaking in the cab.

Possible Cause: Air tailgate cylinder bound and bypassing air through cylinder seal and exhausting in the cab.

  • Check all pivot points on air tailgate cylinder and make sure they are lubricated and moving freely.(Air tailgate cylinder mounting bolt is to be LOOSE to allow cylinder to pivot.)
  • Remove the pin from the yoke that attaches the air tailgate cylinder to the tailgate linkage.
  • Operate the air tailgate switch with the air tailgate cylinder unattached.
  • If it is still exhausting in the cab, replace the air tailgate switch.
  • If it stops exhausting in the cab, see (Tailgates: Air tailgate cylinder).
  • To replace air tailgate switch, within 12-month warranty period call 800.777.2671, ask for the Warranty Department, after 12 months ask for the Parts Department. (Body serial number needed)
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PTO switch is not engaging PTO. (See also: PTO's and Pumps)

Possible Cause: Shifter head is malfunctioning.

  • Replace shifter head cover.
  • Within 12-month warranty period call 800.777.2671 ask for the Warranty Department, after 12 months ask for the Parts Department. (Body serial number needed)
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Body up light malfunctioning

Possible Cause: Flexible switch extension needs adjusted to come into contact with body on the way down.

  • Adjust switch to the appropriate angle to catch dump body long members as body is lowered.

Possible Cause: Body up switch may have been damaged by falling material or another unnatural cause.

  • Replace body up switch.

Possible Cause: Faulty switch

  • Remove screws to body up switch cover, unhook both wires and cross them. The wires should arc.
  • If the switch wires arc when crossed the problem is internal to the body up switch.
  • Replace the switch.
  • Within 12-month warranty period call 800.777.2671 ask for the Warranty Department, after 12 months ask for the Parts Department. (Body serial number needed)

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