Recent content by Keith5064

Recently purchased a house with a lot of trees and ran across a chipper, my loader is a bobcat 642 , I was wondering if I could run such a thing reasonably, I asked the owner and all he said was that is was not hi flow.

Thanks for the quick reply, as soon as I can get some down time with the loader I will tear it down and check it out.thanks a bunch!

Recently picked up a 642 bobcat, and noticed there is oil weeping from the output shaft on the governor. From the searching I have done, it sounds as there is no rebuild kit available for these things, and if available a new one sounds to be spendy..it seems to be in good working order other...

Looking for the pin/bar that goes through the foot pedal assembly as well as the shroud that covers the foot pedals. Some clown hooked a chain onto the shroud and bent it all too heck...

I put a inline spark tester on- resulted in a pretty weak looking spark. I really haven't had a whole lot of time too tinker. I'd like to check points,condenser, and coil yet. Maybe even put a shot of gas in the spark plug and see if I can get anything....then if all else fails do a repower of...

Just picked up a 371 for $250 , the previous owner told me that the engine is no good. I checked the oil ( which is full) and it spins free. Would like to check for spark and make sure its getting fuel. Which is the best way to check for spark? Also where's the best place to get a service...