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Run all sorts of them for years in a wood dust environment, the only time they caught fire was when the lazy people never cleaned them out. I seen a few hydraulic leaks that smoked pretty good but never caught fire. Keep the engine bay clean, fix any leaks in a timely manner and clean up excess...

My new tractor I shut it off most of the time. My old skidsteer I let it idle. It never liked starting up. Has a weird thing where it takes 15 to 30 seconds to get to full voltage and evens out not sure why but it always does it. Sometimes the belt squeals sometimes not.

Well that looks like a big leak, and the ability to tear up some turf.

A picture would be good.

I have got to replace mine on a 553 probably similar problems it is a 1997. Thanks for any knowledge that I can use from this. Unless you want to have a go at it and do it for me?

20 acres will make you old before your time.

I have a 1997 553 and it used to have a problem with the tilt not working in really cold weather until it warmed up for 20 minutes or so but that went away for the most part. Now it is the lift acting up the pedal feels stiff and really wont move there is no lift for 5ish minutes then it will...

Thanks for all the help. I think it is possibly the check valve getting stuck I took it off and it looked ok when i installed the solenoid and valve. But when I took it off again it would not budge I hit it on a bolt 3-4 times and got it to move, put it back in and it tilts but no power on the...

Antfarmer2 I lifted the cab the linkage is working you can see it go all the way in and out plus on low Idle you can hear it bog down some when it is pushed in or out it only move the bucket about an inch then stops. I put a log on the seat and tested the voltage getting 14 volts to the tilt...

I have a 2000 bobcat 553 replaced the tilt lock solenoid and valve. I bought the manual read through it. All lights are working on the BICS. The lift and drive functions work perfectly. The Aux is not stuck. The buckets starts to move up and down but that is all it does. If anybody has any ideas...

I have a 2000 bobcat 553 and the bucket will not tilt until the machine gets warm. It started last winter but was only a minor problem just a few minutes and then it was fine. By the end of winter it was a long time no matter the temp about 30 minutes even then it seemed slow to start moving...

At the mill where I work we have bobcats and for the last 20+ years they have replaced tires as they go bad and usually never in pairs. One will have full tread, one will be showing the fibers, and the other 2 in between. The only problem I have noticed was the bucket will sit uneven, if you do...

Have one up here in northern Maine. I just have a oil pan heater and it has always worked well. Usually let it run for 10-15 minutes on real cold days then move all the cylinders and let it sit for a few more and it has worked well so far. I have always used the DTE 24 hyd oil but we used to use...