Les....you have the procedure correct, but your lights are not supposed to come on. The motor should activate. Peroid. The lights come on to show you there are errors in the system.
Whey I got my SC 2 years ago, neither of the lights ever came on. Same with the XR7, lights never come on. I asked my friend with the red SC and his never come on as well when he's just pressing the pedal to test the accumulator pressure.
Here's an blurb from Larry Grigg's ABS doc:
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Anti-Lock Warning Light and Red Brake Light come on after brakes applied.
Most likely this is indication of a weak or bad Accumulator. If you have this symptom it is important to fix it as soon as you can because you are cycling the Hydraulic Pump Motor unnecessarily which will cause this high buck part to fail sooner than it needs to.
Red Brake Light comes on when accelerating or braking or going around a corner hard.
Probably your brake fluid level is a tad low. Angles and dangles on the car are causing it to pick up the level sensor. Make sure your system is pressurized when you check / add fluid since the Accumulator will "store" an appreciable amount of fluid. This will cause the level to go down as the system is pressurized at start up. Where did the fluid go you might ask? Assuming you have no leaks it probably is as a result of the brake pads in your calipers wearing. As they wear more fluid is required to keep the caliper pistons maintained in the proper position for braking action
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A possible solution why your lights are coming on....might be the accumulator does work well most of the time, but drops in pressure occasionally to give you the warning lights:
From Larry Griggs:
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There are two failure modes that cause the ABS light and the BRAKE light to come on. The first type are transient errors and the second are permanent errors that will only reset after a power cycle. The transient errors are typically pressure related and are caused by:
· Pressure drop below 140 bar ( ABS light)
· Pressure drop below 110 bar (ABS and/or BRAKE light).
· Overheating (pump runs continuously, ABS and/or BRAKE light).
· Low brake fluid level
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Steve