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Thanks - found and checked the solenoid. It was okay (yeah!) pulled the fuse and it was okay. Reseated and it fired right up. Somehow it must have jarred loose a little bit though it looked fine? Thanks for the help and I'm glad for a free fix this time around!

I hadn't used my 873 in a few months. Just went to start it and it's turning over strong but not even trying to start. Nice and warm outside today. Drained fuel filter; Opened air bleed valve & primed. Disconnected hose coming from fuel filter and getting fuel there when trying to start. Opened...

Getting the muffler off was the hardest part. My bobcat dealer made a new oil line since it uses the same hose as the hydaulic lines. It was quick and easy. The new filter house was ~$130 and they wanted $220+ for the muffler. The 3" air intake line was melted and they wanted $120 for it. I took...

http://go.jeep-xj.info/DonaldsonFilters.pdf - all plastic.

Ken, Good idea on checking the timing belt. I'll do that. I finally got the muffler off today and everything is pretty easy to get to now. Turns out when the side blew out of the muffler it stabbed one of the oil lines so it was gushing oil everywhere. The exhaust melted part of the air filter...

Luckily I was by the house and it didn't take me long at all to get the hose hooked up and start cooling it down. I was thanking the good Lord I had a diesel! My wife came home a few minutes later and I'm standing by her garden, covered in oil and water, without a shirt (I had to use it to open...

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I couldn't find anything relevant in the search. I have an 873G with a Deutz oil cooled engine. I can't remember the year but it was the last one for 873's. It has 400 hrs on it and I use it around my house for mowing, snow removal, etc. Last evening...

http://accuratemachinery.com/stories/Story.2008-05-15.3510 Check out this link. My wife did it for me since she's coordinated and it worked like a charm.