Recent content by 732_Guy

I've had some useful convo's about skid steers on here, but it is a bit slow. You may have to wait months for some topics to receive attention.

Tazza does Bobcat have any pilot control CTL that is "not" troublesome or expensive to fix? I have bad knees. Leaning towards pilot controlled Japanese brands. Would consider a Bobcat because they are so cheap and common in the southeastern U.S. Really trying hard to here to like Bobcat. They...

No but maybe that's an idea for someone who wants try it. As for my machine, I thought for sure the shop I took it to would figure it out and was really surprised when they failed on a simple component which really is not that complex. I suspect the issue was how fussy it is getting it in and...

Sold mine year before last, but I think the main reservoir has a 1/2 drive drain plug. The reservoir tank is large, square, and located at the lowest point on the machine although I can't recall which side you access it from. Under the seat probably.

I decided some time ago to sell off this machine. I sold it for $6,000 and took a minor loss on it. The spool valve assembly is the Achilles heel of 80/90s Bobcats. The valve is under a ton of stuff and if I had know about it I would not have bought it, because it is too hard getting it out and...

I finally found a shop to R&R the control valve assembly for about $1100 us dollars. The mechanic was nice but said it was a huge pain getting it out and the people he sent it to for overhaul screwed it up the first time they tried. So he had to put the stupid thing in there one time then pull...

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I took it to a garage here in Georgia USA to have the lift arms looked it. We will see what they say this week.

Appreciate the input Tazza. I have a Bobcat 732 of course with foot controls on which I find causes great knee pain after about 2 hours, so I need a more ergonomic machine next time. In my fifties, I am pretty sure my foot control days are over. It does look as if Bobcat's Selectable Joystick...

I am considering another used skid steer and need a joystick machine for cheap. Bobcat came out with its advanced control system (ACS) some time in the 1990s as an option. Does anyone know what machines they were available on?

Yes that's the symptom to a tee, but I checked the rods and found some slop and nothing new or broken. What makes me think it's in the spool valve is how sometimes the lift arms actually goes the wrong direction. I don't see how loose left foot linkage could do that. I wish it were that easy.

If you know how to insert into posts, lemme know!

Sorry it's a 732. (I was going to put 742, 731, and 733 in the title because of commonality, but for some reason I can't edit. Spaces are hard to insert as well.) (space) I am in for a bit of work it looks like. There is a video on YouTube of a guy doing an in-frame repair on his spool valves...

This is a 40 year old machine that has worked ok for the last few moths in hard commercial use. Everything was working great yesterday. Half way through the job the lift arms started acting up. I managed to finish the job. It was hard. Some times you get what you ask for. Other times you get a...

Thanks. I wrapped some leather cord around two axles. That slowed it to a slow rate of loss. I think small diameter rubber fuel line split open with the quick tie around it worked pretty well. I will get tired of the dripping at some point and go for the real repair. I'm more inclined to just...