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Yes, all of my lights are on on the BICS

I have just finished reassembling my 753. I tore the machine completely down to sand blast and paint. After my initial start-up, I was trying the hydraulics out and the boom went up as it should have but won't come back down and the bucket cylinder won't move. Any thoughts? I'm thinking that the...

PROBLEM SOLVED! Paul, your question about the park brake switch got me thinking. I had checked the continuity of the switch but I had not checked the plug in the main harness. Sure enough, one of the pins in the main harness to the park brake was not locked into the plastic plug as it should...

Yes, the parking brake switch does work, although it doesn't activate my traction lock solenoid. Does anyone know how many volts the pink/white wire from the BICS to the brake relay is supposed to carry? I'm thinking that if the problem is in the BICS itself I may by-pass it and make the...

I can't get the brake solenoid to release. Here is the troubleshooting that I've done. I ohmed out the solenoid and it is as it says it should be on my wiring diagram. Brake relay is also good. I continuitied the white wire from the solenoid plug to the brake relay and also the pink with white...

I'm not looking to spend a ton of money, I just want to be sure to do the things that should be done at this stage. If that makes any sense. I would hate to put everything back together and end up having a problem with something that I could have easily taken care of when the maching was apart...

Thanks for the ideas. I have read of a hose or two that the motor must be pulled to change. I haven't read which they would be and it's hard to tell now that everything is out. Any thoughts on this?

I have my new to me 753 completely disassembled, down to the last nut and bolt, for a sandblast and repaint. I'm wondering what all I should be looking at doing as far as preventative maintanence, aside from the obvious belts and hoses. I have read many posts about certain things here and there...

Renopker, That looks great, did you glue the new foam to the original backer that has the little clips on it or did you glue it right to the steel cab? What do you think about doing the headliner and corner covers, I talked to fehr and they make the same thing with foam that is only 1/4" thick...

I'm working on painting my new to me 753 and the vinyl covered foam panel behind the seat, the one with the Bobcat emblem in it, is destroyed. Does any one know of a source for something like this for less than the $185 from the dealership? I really don't want to spend so much for a new one but...

Sorry for the delay in response. I have had time to tear into my machine now and there is a lot of slop in both pintle arms and all 4 of the bushings are shot. I will be replacing all of these parts. I have the engine pulled out and will be painting the whole machine, so it will be a little...

Tazza, No need for the pictures, I have a good idea of what you're talking about now. I'm hoping to get a chance to get to the shop after work tomorrow to do some more investigating. Do you feel that this could be the whole cause of the problem that I'm having or could a damaged pump or other...

First of all, thanks for the quick and detailed response. I checked the blocks that fit to the square shafts going into the pump, they look to be made of cast aluminum. Are these the alloy block that I need to be looking at? There is substantial slop there, more on one side than the other, but...

I just purchased a 753 and the steering is very hard to control. It seems that there is a lot of travel in the levers before any reation comes from the machine, but when it reacts it is quick and hard to handle. There isn't much slow ground speed, it's either not moving at all or it's moving...