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Mike10, you were right on the money with your diagnosis. I did as you instructed and noticed that there was a bad connection to this sending unit. It seems that one of the screws had almost shaken itself loose. The wire was just holding. I removed the wires, cleaned the connections and...

ok so went to try to run the machine today and this is what happened. Started fine, ran for about 20min while I was clearing the snow and then died. started it up again and it ran for about 20sec and then died again.. There were lights lit up on the control panel. one was red and was an oil drop...

there's an additive in the fuel. Should I have put more in than they said to? should I get it into the warm and allow it to thaw out and try it again? I shouldn't have to with the additive I thought. Will move it into the garage after dinner. Thaw it over night with a heater.

So this morning it counted to 11 before being ready to start (not surprising since it was close to -30 last night). Started fine but allowed me to rev up to about 2800 and then started to hesitate. Throttled down to about 1200 and hesitation subsided. Raised back up to 2500 and it started again...

hey, thanks for posting that link to the manual. You just saved me a ton of time.

Jerry, thanks for that. I'll check that pivot point over good just in case. thanks

hey everyone, just wondering about this deal that I found. Any advice would be appreciated. 1999 New Holland LX665 turbo , 2550 hrs, straight edged bucket, new chains and bearings, 2 new tip cylinders on bucket, new seat. tires at 60%, oils changes every 60hrs... used by home owner for around...

I'm in Ontario, Canada.

Bobbie-g, thank you. Once again many a thing I wouldn't have thought of when I should of.

Old Machinist, you my friend are the man!!! thank you for the great list. Wouldn't have thought about a couple of those until it would have been probably too late. This is a great service you guys provide. THANKS

hey thanks for the advice, thought the same about the tires. still open to thoughts about what might need to be checked though. I'll try to go over it the best I can but as with the "used market" you never really know. thanks again

hey everyone, first real post here and probably the most important one. I'm able to get a 1993 bobcat 743b with 2741 hrs, new tires and a bucket for the sum of 7900.00cad. is it worth it? the machine has never really done much work other than cleaning out stalls. would it fall into the category...

Hello everyone, was online doing some research into skidsteers when I came upon this site. What a great source of info. Thanks for creating a forum that's not brand bias. The independant reviews of machinery I have been able to find so far are helping alot. Thanks again for it!!