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My computer antivirus started mid sentence, and I could not continue. I was saying even if you don't get many replies with some detective work you can often find someone that has had a similar issue. It is a painstaking task reading through all the posts but much better than proceeding...

I hope this is your issue. E

I have dug a few graves, for horses, with my S510 Bobcat. It is not easy. Tell your boys to rent a backhoe when the time comes! Seriously, everyone needs to remember, there are lots of places we almost never see on our machines. Part of a good P.M. program is removing covers and cleaning crud...

I wish someone here could offer up some suggestions Joe. I have no experience with this issue. I am very surprised there has been no one with any ideas.

I usually stab myself before I start the job to get that out of the way before my hands are dirty.

I personally would never say "I will fix your machine"! I might say "I will attempt to fix your machine" but that's about as far as I would go out on a limb. I will, could cost you a months work and thousands of dollars. Just sayin.

Good job on detective work Malcolm. Good info for everyone. Thanks

We all need a friend with a lathe, a Bridgeport would be nice too.

The old pioneer connections are dirt cheap. My old machines had them on them. After I got the S 510 I changed to the flat face connectors on all my attachments and the 542B so I could use everything on both machines without changing couplers back and forth. That was about $600.00. Those are...

Corrosion inside the wires insulation can also cause the starter to not get enough amps to turn over. I have had to trim cables back 3 or 4 inches or replace them before, even though everything looked good.

You could get a small bucket for a walk behind machine or from an old 440. I believe they can be had in a 3 foot wide size. I have clamped my 4 foot bucket from my 542B inside the 6 foot bucket on my S510 to sort material in the past.

Looking forward to hearing about your rebuild or replacement project. Good luck.

It is still likely you have something intermittently blocking the screen. It's up to you how to proceed but I know if it were me and I did nothing it would next die in the worst possible place when I needed the machine for a job in the worst possible way...Murphy's Law!!

If it's not one thing it's ten others. It will be great when you get it done.

Great, thanks for the update!