Recent content by bob600

Also, I replaced the mechanical fuel pump with an electrical fuel pump and intitially had much better luck starting the engine with the electrical pump mainly because the other one was leaking and couldn't supply enough gas. After getting the electrical one, which shows a picture of a skid steer...

Hey I just downloaded those pages. Next stop is to buy the whole thing! It actually looks like a great service manual--not like some automobile manuals that usually state, "this procedure is beyond the scope of the home mechanic and so is not illustrated." I will now test for vacuum leaks, I...

Okay thanks. I will have to obtain a manual. There is an illustrated parts/schematic book and a maintenance/procedure manual I take it?

Okay, only because of help I have gotten here was I able to drive the bobcat out of the yard and back to my garage. After tweaking the timing and idle screw endlessly I adjusted the choke so it was on a little bit and then adjusted the timing and idle jet screw again and was ab;e to get it...

I am still running with gas fed by gravity from my extra fuel tank, are you sure this will give me enough of a gas supply for the carb? thanks

ARRGH, Okay, I went and took out a spark plug today as it got too dark to check them at night. They were totally black, so I am keeping them to clean them but went and got a new set, Champion D16's, to try out hop[ing it would rev up and run smooth. Well it didn't really help. It seems with the...

Guess I can check for spark at one of the plugs. Anyway it is really weird that it runs seeminlgy smooth for a little bit and then dies. It is going to be hard to diagnose something like that for me.

Oh, it must be a crankcase gas recirculation thing, but right before the carb there is a nipple that was open with nothing connected to it so I plugged it off for now and there is the same size of one on the oil filler neck. So the carb has been sucking air from that open filter for probably a...

Okay, first thanks for all of the help. Bobmelroe thanks for the great offer--I wanted to wait to identify the problem 100% before having you ship that to me. And so with your advice I rigged up a lawn mower tank with a new filter and clean gas. Had it mounted above the carb. Engine will start...

I think I have the VF4D. I am new to this so I am not 100% sure what I have. The engine started behaving eratically last night, ans so I thought I was runing out of gas, I refilled the tank and now it won't start. I disconnected the metal line from the fuel pump to the carb and no gas was coming...

Okay my 600 is leaking gas from somewhere on the mechanical fuel pump. It did this once before and I tightened up all of the screws around the rim of it and then next time I used it it seemed to not leak anymore, but now today after use it started leaking again. I am wondering if it only does...

Thanks, for the info. I rented a tow behind hydralic auger to dig some holes and that did not break through the rocks in the clayey soil here. I had to hire a college kid to dige out the holes to pour footer columns to support a deck I was building. I was dreaming of getting an auger and being...

Okay, I bought the battery that fits. $65.00 with exchange. I had the battery that came with it tested, and it either was a six volt battery or there where so many dead cells that 6 Volts is all it could produce.

Oh, It ran with my 12 volt battery--I assume it is a 12 volt system!!? The old battery has no information on it.

Okay so I think the guy I bought the 600 from probably put in his oldest battery he had to sell it and the battery is no good. I thought it would be a cheap battery to buy because it is so small, but the cheapest one I can find to fit is $80.00 and it only has 450 CCA's. I have a decent size...