Recent content by lanceh55

Well the problem was the fuel shut off relay. The engine started with one revolution. There are four of these Omron relays in the "panel" and this was the second one to fail. It is an Omron. G8JN-1C7T-R-D12 which is just an automotive relay. I hope the US Navy is not using these cheep Chinese...

This is a 2004 S185 with about 1760 hrs on it. It has been starting just fine and the last time I used it was about 5 weeks ago. The starter turns OK, no error codes on the display and holding down the lights button for 2 seconds shows "no error". I had problems before with this Bobcat that...

I got the relays, three, from Mouser on line yesterday. I was anxious to install it so after church, I did that and also the rear view mirror. The glow plug count down goes from 10 to 1 and that occured twice and it fired right up. What a sweet sound that was for me. This small Bobcat is so...

Tazza, thanks for the reply. Yes there is an LCD display on the left side. This Bobcat has standard controls, foot pedals for tilt and raising the bucket. I did swap a couple of the relays around but no help, Switch Power, Glow Plugs, and Starter. The term the Bobcat Service Manual uses is a...

I have a 2004 S185 Bobcat. I bought it used and have used it for about 2 years, all light duty. It has about 1700 hours on it and lots of rust. I now have an electrical problem that started about a month ago with a warning that the glow plugs were not working, a warning light and an error code...

I am the guy with the low hour rust bucket. The idle seems too high, should be 1200 RPM, but not sure how to measure that. This has a digital hour meter, is there a method to obtain the RPMs from that? Thinking of painting a mark on the drive belt then taking a video of that? Any help is...

Tazza thanks for the reply. The Bobcat was advertised as having two speeds and the Bobcat info I have seen on the internet indicates two speed? I am still looking at the electrical diagram to figure this out. I don't drive this long distances often just a couple of blocks down the street once or...

This is a S185 Bobcat 2004 model. The reservoir fill cap looks like a rubber plug inside a fill tube which is located under the rear grill. I did want to use excessive force on the plug. I don't think it screws out and looks like it is a friction fit. Does this just pull out?

Has anyone used this front hoe attachment? This may need my needs. Not sure how rugged it would be? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Skid-steer-Backhoe-Fronthoe-Adjustable-Bolt-On-Thumb-Excavator-Attachment-Bobcat-/291500218445?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43dec4584d

I bought a 2004 S185 which will arrive next week. I want to use this to digg some water line trenches about 18 inches deep and digg around some tree stumps. A 8 inch bucket width would be OK. There are lots of backhoe attachments on the Internet and would like to get some feed back.