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825 Bobcat hydrostatic. all new fluids, filters, rebuilt perkins(pistons,rings,pins,bearings,injection pump, injectors). 60" smooth bucket, 4 rebuilt cylinders. no leaks anywhere. Hi/Lo speed both work. Runs good on flat ground, lift and bucket both work OK. Start up a hill and the motor bogs...

I rebuilt the Perkins in my 825. New sleeves, pistons, rings, bearings. Had injectors and CAV pump rebuilt. new glow plugs. New filters, fluids all around. Adjusted valves. Bled air (8-10 times so far)at lift pump, water separator, fuel filter, inj. pump, injectors. Have new starter and 1300 amp...

finished rebuilding Perkins in my 825. Machine has sat with a thrown rod for 12 years! all new fluids, filters, adjusted drive chains, cleaned and lubed linkages, had injection pump tested. ready for first start. is the hydrostatic system self-priming? I tried searching for it but no joy. Thx.

Darn spell check; thermostart is what I typed.

Mine has glow plugs AND a thermostat in the manifold but neither system is hooked up. It struck me as overkill but I figured I'd hook them up.

I pulled the fuel sending unit last nite and cleaned it. it works and has a range of 20-200 ohms. while everything else is out I'm going to look at the fuel p/u as well. My dash appears factory, Jess but only has the one gauge. maybe a later build(SN says 1981 build) where they were trying to...

rather than twiddle my thumbs last nite I started rehab on the dash panel. It has the following controls on it(note that anything with # after it means none of the associated hdwe. for the accessory listed exists on the 825): Idiot lite Trans HOT, Idiot lite Trans FILT, Idiot Lite ENG HOT, Idiot...

Ready to button up the basement in our 825. 3 New filters and washed out case with diesel. Just read through back posts about which fluid to put back in. Super confusing. 15-40 motor oil? Bobcat Black Gold? Tractor fluid? AW32? AW46? Want to feed this machine the right stuff but which one? I...

Mine are internal. We were looking for the source of our mangled metal so we had already removed pedals, access plate, filter, etc. we went ahead and adjusted chains and checked wheel bearings. Getting the jam/lock bolt back in took forever. Great design.

The metal was a bolt, two washers, a nut and the split ball swivel out of a Heim joint. They were mangled by a chain encounter before the magnets in the bottom of the reservoir snagged them. When we started looking for their source we found a Bubba solution in place. The RH control lever is...

Changed two of three filters on my 825 today no problem. Started excavating third filter under foot pedals. Got pedals loose and shifted to the side Far enough that the inspection plate came off. Insides look good with no wear to chains, gears, etc. tiny bit of crud in bottom of case but it...

I am bringinging an 825 back from a 12 year hibernation. Read the manuals and Drained ancient diesel and 26 gallons of hydraulic fluid. Read (in manuals and on this forum) about draining chain cases. Tilted cab and found wedge shaped cover. Removed it(didn't break any bolts!!!) and found hydro...