Recent content by kensteer

I am seeing oil on the track, just under one of the rollers. I guess that means a ruptured seal? Probably pretty hard to repair?

Change out the starter. The old one is cooked. And it was a new starter. It got very hot.

possible, but you don't hear the starter grinding or any sound from it.

743 Bobcat. 80's model. A new starter and solenoid. Have operated a few times with no problems since putting new starter on machine. Yesterday after operating for a while, we could smell hot electrical. The main cable that goes from starter to solenoid was hot. The starter was red hot. Now, it...

I have a 743. A while back, when I tried to start it, the solenoid would only "click". I tried putting a tool across the posts to jump it from the solenoid. When I did that, the starter would spin but not engage the fly wheel. So, I put a brand new starter and solenoid on the machine. I still...

My alternator is a little different than the G.M. It is more like to original Bobcat type

Here is a picture of the back of the Alternator. Two red wires and a green wire. The green wire is the exciter wire. I was told to run that wire to a bulb.

My old 743, has a nearly new Alternator. However it is not charging anymore. I need exact details as to how to "rewire" it. Hoping it is still working. It has very little hours on it.

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When I raise the bucket all the way up and leave it in this position, over a period of several minutes, it will come down, all though gradually. The tilt cylinder may stay in position for day; if I have the bucket down and curled so that the front tires are up off the ground. It does have new...

Have any of you tried Blue Devil brand Hydraulic stop leak with any success? I just added a quart of this expensive stuff to my tank. It makes some pretty bold claims. I have ran the machine for maybe and hour and a half. Still leaking. The bottle says to run it two or three hours before leaks...

Should I put dye in the hydraulic fluid?