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    Bobcat Engine

    I had mine in a Gehl 3410, I know its not the same as what you have. I do know if you google skid steer repowering you can find a place that does a bunch of kits to almost any skid steer, if that helps any.
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    Bobcat Engine

    If there is anything I can offer info wise I will try to help. There is a link to the instruction/owners manual on the HF website. I did a lot of searching before I pulled the trigger myself. I was glad I did in the end.
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    Bobcat Engine

    If you can fabricate it will fit where the Kohler engine is. I think the Kohler had a tapered shaft compared to HF being a normal one, so that may be the hardest part of it. I put one in my Gehl last year and it worked out well and runs good for me. Only issue found is it only puts out 2 amps of...
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    Hydra Mac 8A (Gehl 2500) restoration... or "Oh No... What have I done?"

    I have been watching this write up from start and its awesome to see it finished, you did an amazing job!!!! I have the same engine in my little gehl and i have a tailpipe i made to point the exhaust out the back and it helped with the noise, otherwise it was so loud in the cab. Plus on mine it...
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    Hydra Mac 8A (Gehl 2500) restoration... or "Oh No... What have I done?"

    the brackets u made look awesome, but i do have a question, does the alt you put on a reverse spinning one? i had to mount mine so the back was towards the pump since the drive would run the wrong direction on the output side of the engine.
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    3410 stock attachment to the quick attach conversion

    Welding isnt a problem, I worked for a welding and fabrication shop years ago for a while before i went into the automotive industry, I have a nice welder to build the mounts so thats not anything, just gotta get the plates and mechanisms, and thats where it starts to get to be the pricey part...
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    3410 stock attachment to the quick attach conversion

    Im going to have to make a mount that replaces my pivots and all, the farmer that had this skid before me ended up overloading it a few times, he rewelded and rewelded over and over so it looks like heck. I found a place in Wisconsin here that fabricates a good setup, all i have to do is make...
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    Hydra Mac 8A (Gehl 2500) restoration... or "Oh No... What have I done?"

    Did you go with the predator engine from HF? I put one in my 3410 and it worked out quite well, only thing I had to do was add a gm alt, otherwise it wouldnt have enough charging power to run the lights.
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    Repowering an old thomas ? skid steer

    I agree stay as close as possible in power to what u have, if I could have gotten a diesel to fit in on a good budget i would have done it. The gas engine I put in is only 1HP less then the diesel that was in it.
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    Repowering an old thomas ? skid steer

    I got a lovejoy brand, the L100 with 1 inch keyed shaft, thats what the engine has, the pump side was splined so i had a friend make up an alignment dowl for the other side to center and i welded the splined attachment from the old Isuzu engine coupler.
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    Repowering an old thomas ? skid steer

    I Repowered my gehl 3410 last year, it was a 3 cylinder diesel but changed out with a harbor freight 22hp predator engine, i know the diesel would have had more torque but finding an engine that would fit without major price on an older skid steer seemed to be the downside, so I took a chance on...
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    3410 stock attachment to the quick attach conversion

    Hello, I have been all over this site and found a lot of good information. I purchased an older 3410, from a local farmer, that had a bad engine in. I re-powered it with a harbor freight predator engine that has a good amount of power for what i need. Now to do some of the other repairs it...
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