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Just to follow up on my muffler replacement, I ended up buying a muffler from Bobcat. I'm glad I did too, After wasting all my time trying to gather up all the odd and end parts and figuring a way to fasten it to the machine and being concerned about the sound level afterwards. I figured it was...

I don't know about Bobcat going bye-bye, but it is true that the Carrollton, Ga plant is going bye-bye as of Nov. 23 . One hundred and forty seven jobs gone ( around 300 jobs at one point). Rumor has it their going to Mexico. I, m afraid its going to get worst before it gets better , good luck...

Finding a after market muffler has been more of a hassle then I thought it would be. Can't find a local dealer of any muffler manufacture that can tell me if they got one that will work without wanting to look at the old one first. I don't think I'll be saving much money over OEM anyhow. So its...

Just another thought on the seal replacement, I feel its easier to loosing the gland nut before you remove the cylinder, if you don't have a good place to hold the cylinder. Also run the rod all the way in or protect the rod with something so you don't nick the rod if the wrench slips off. Don't...

I have 743b with a bad muffler. Has anybody ever bought a after market muffler for this machine? I can get one from BC (#6514737) for the tune of $165.00 , but would like to pay less if possible. I think Donaldson muffler is the OEM , but their website was no help to me. I looked on eBay for a...

I'm glad to find out that the plug on the front of the tractor was the oil level and not the oil drain. The oil that dripped out looked like normal oil also, so I think no water here and glad to find that out too. Thanks for your help on that. Now back to the motor mount issue. I cleaned up the...

The right rear motor mount issue will have to wait till I get some more time to work on it. So I thought I'd do a quick oil change on the motor, and for a change it went without a hitch. Also wanted to check the chaincase oil level, But I don't know how. Could someone please tell me that the pic...

Thanks for the info. I always look for a better price on like items. What about Wix filters, are they considered to be a better brand or just your run of the mill filter? You never know about some of these things, do they make their own product or farm it out to some fly by night outfit, and who...

I still don't know what's under that football shaped plate (lower shape in the pics, earlier post ), but I'll worry about that later. I think I may have found another problem or sub par repair, the engine mount on the right rear doesn't look right. It has a square nut that looks like it slid out...

I have not tried these pins, but I think they would work provided that the bore their meant to repair was not to out of round. I don't see how expanding a bushing in a egg shape hole would give the results your looking for. The bushing would only be hitting on two spots in the bore basically and...

The water pump is up and running. But as I was looking for a water leak I noticed a different kind of leak. Looks like fuel seeping out from behind a football shaped plate held on by two bolts on the injector pump (see pic). Can someone tell me if I can just remove this plate and reseal it or is...

Had to put the bobcat repair on hold till I could get some other concerns taken care of, but now I'm back to work on it. The water pump problem I had was that the shaft on the water pump was broken in two places. Then what happen ( my best guess) is the pulley fell down and spun on the housing...

Don't limit your self to the dealer when looking for parts. I know some times the dealer is the only way to get your parts, but some of the time the dealer is just a reseller. When I was looking for a water pump and pulley for my 853 I went to the dealer first for the tune of $342 .00 plus tax...

Nice job OldMachinist, After I get my water pump fixed I'm sure I'll have to do the same thing to my 853 because the joint is very loose. I was wondering though about how much press fit you used on the bushings and how much of a slip fit between the pin and bushing. Great pictures too, thanks...

Good news, bad news on my quest for a Bobcat in working condition. Good news first, the repair on the tilt cyl. is done and seams to be working fine, although I'm still waiting to see if the air in hyd. oil will go away. Bad news, I go to start the loader up and the battery is low and won't...