Recent content by dano

The moral support's appreciated. I'll get some pics as soon as I get going Thanks.

Yeah, I'm surprised at the cost of the manuals, I almost need a bank loan to buy one. The best price I found was about $50 through ssbtractors. The shaft that's leaking is the front one with the pulleys on it, and the local Bobcat dealer's program refers to the shaft as the upper jackshaft. It...

I have to replace the seals for the upper jackshaft of our old girl (not my wife), and I was wondering if anyone has any knowledge of these old dinosaurs or whether anyone knows where to get a service manual at a decent price. Thanks in advance.

I'm looking to find an excavator attachment to fit a 371 bobcat. I've seen them on ebay but they're always being sold with a machine. Does anyone know if the rigid plate mounted excavator buckets work for digging holesfor trees, ponds, etc.?

We've got a 371 for the landscape company, and I can't imagine newer machines being a lot more cost effective than this little bugger. It starts at minus 30 celsius, fits anywhere we want it to be, will move anything with the right operator, and we haul it on a single axle trailer. At my winter...

We have a 1975 m-371, and it has two pulleys on each end of the belt, and only works right if it's on the inside two. I'm not really much of a mechanic, but I'd see if you have the belt on the right pulleys. It could also be your belt's worn or your pulleys maybe aren't straight? Good luck!

You poor bastards are getting all the cold and crappy weather. I'm in London, and we had three feet (literally), of flurries in one night back in late December, and have barely seen another flake since it melted. I'm glad I don't plow snow.

Yep, when we bought it it was not pretty, but after a bunch of coats of paint and a bunch of tlc (badly needed), we were able to get the old girl running really nice. You can fix almost everything yourself on this machine, which is great. It only had a material bucket when we bought it and that...

Hi guys, great information on everything you'd ever need to know about skidsteers. I'm new on the site, and have recently purchased a 1975 m-371 bobcat for use in landscape construction. It's old, but it has a new 16 horse kohler gas engine with a lot of power. Does anyone else belong to the 371...

when I do snow removal, it's using the material bucket, and if you can get the arms own to the bottom and the bucket down flat plus about two inches down, you'll scrape enough to get the majority of the snow and the least amount of driveway material. If it's only light snow, you can sometimes...