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I think that is a bit pessimistic. I took out two swimming pools, about 140 tons of well-reinforced and good quality concrete with it. Plus several jobs of easy "flat work". It does shake things up a lot, but nothing has broken. The only real effect I have noticed is that the balls on the QC...

Sorry, it is long gone.

When I am away from here so long that I forget the name/address of this site I do a web search for "tazza skid". That is some kind of immortality, isn't it? Feel better now?

Oh, Tazza, you sure had my hopes up when I was notified I had a reply! Then I saw it was from you... not on even the same continent. Yeah, CL will be my next move.

No bites on this yet. Wrong location? No pictures? Wrong price?

I think it is a Stanley MB256 on a bracket/mount that fits a 743 Bobcat. An older unit, but used within the last month or so and worked fine. Has old-style (sliding sleeve) couplers. Located in ZIP 94596. Will provide photos for interested parties. Contact

If there is any chance water sat in the cylinders for a while, you better pull the heads and see what is going on. If there is rust on the walls or rings you could damage thinks a lot more by trying to force it to turn. Flat-heads are pretty easy to R&R, right?

Swap the QD fittings on the auger hoses, see if the problem stays with the auger direction or stays with the aux control direction.

You might be better served posting this in the Case forum...

Check the vane pump by connecting a gauge to one of the aux ports, it it is putting out about 2200 psi then it is good enough. The vane pump doesn't have to provide much pressure or flow to provide charge, so I doubt it is the problem. Do you have the hydraulic schematic for the 743?

Oops, the "dot com" name got pruned out! That was "dbelectrical_dot_com"

Try I think they have them, and I have had good experience with them buying automotive starters.

In my area the B'cat fluid was priced at over $90/5 gal, and that was several years ago. Now, the local B'cat dealer is gone, so it isn't readily available regardless of price. Ask your B'cat dealer for the MSDS on their fluid; I think they have to provide that, by law. It will probably state...

Got a NAPA auto parts nearby? They have the same AW46 (made by Warren) for $40/5 gal. I can't say for sure about the S185, but I use it in a 743. No don't spend "the big bucks" for Bobcat fluid, I am certain there is a suitable generic fluid (probably that AW46).

What model and year? Does it not crank, or cranks but won't fire and run?