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1980 Bobcat 530
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<blockquote data-quote="trobbl" data-source="post: 117429" data-attributes="member: 20498"><p>I picked this skidsteer up last summer. It's a Bobcat 530. It has a 23hp air cooled 2 cyl Kohler. It was in pretty good shape, so all I did was replace the seat and started using it. I've made a few mods and repairs since then. I bought some forklift forks and welded them to a quick attach plate. I added a backup camera which only cost me about $40 and a few hours work. The electric fuel shutoff solenoid failed, so I removed it and put in a manual fuel shutoff. I had a pretty bad hydraulic fluid leak that turned out to be and o-ring in one of the steering shafts going into the main pump. I had to pull the engine to do that repair. I discovered that the bolts holding the engine to the pump were completely missing, so it turned out to be a good thing that I had to dig in that deep to fix the leak.</p><p></p><p>I've got a couple more repairs on tap. I get some chain noise on the left side when go full speed. I think I need to tension that chain. The brake isn't working at all, so I need to look into that as well.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1534[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1535[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I've posted a few videos on mods and repairs on my Youtube channel. Links are below for anyone who might be interested.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/619s5jES_B4" target="_blank">Bringing the Bobcat Home</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/XtT0qkyePeo" target="_blank">Adapt Forklift Forks to Skid Steer</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/W4AvnWjJc2M" target="_blank">Bobcat Backup Camera</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_3iWvoodYso" target="_blank">Fixing a Bobcat Hydraulic Oil Leak</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/qG9HbmVdFXE" target="_blank">Firepit Stone Work</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trobbl, post: 117429, member: 20498"] I picked this skidsteer up last summer. It's a Bobcat 530. It has a 23hp air cooled 2 cyl Kohler. It was in pretty good shape, so all I did was replace the seat and started using it. I've made a few mods and repairs since then. I bought some forklift forks and welded them to a quick attach plate. I added a backup camera which only cost me about $40 and a few hours work. The electric fuel shutoff solenoid failed, so I removed it and put in a manual fuel shutoff. I had a pretty bad hydraulic fluid leak that turned out to be and o-ring in one of the steering shafts going into the main pump. I had to pull the engine to do that repair. I discovered that the bolts holding the engine to the pump were completely missing, so it turned out to be a good thing that I had to dig in that deep to fix the leak. I've got a couple more repairs on tap. I get some chain noise on the left side when go full speed. I think I need to tension that chain. The brake isn't working at all, so I need to look into that as well. [ATTACH type="full"]1534[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1535[/ATTACH] I've posted a few videos on mods and repairs on my Youtube channel. Links are below for anyone who might be interested. [URL='https://youtu.be/619s5jES_B4']Bringing the Bobcat Home[/URL] [URL='https://youtu.be/XtT0qkyePeo']Adapt Forklift Forks to Skid Steer[/URL] [URL='https://youtu.be/W4AvnWjJc2M']Bobcat Backup Camera[/URL] [URL='https://youtu.be/_3iWvoodYso']Fixing a Bobcat Hydraulic Oil Leak[/URL] [URL='https://youtu.be/qG9HbmVdFXE']Firepit Stone Work[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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