Recent content by melli

How can you hear pump over engine? If you can hear pump 'grinding' over engine, then I'd say you roasted your pump. Did you bleed pump (get air out)? Only time I could hear a hydraulic pump over engine was when I had air in mine. I quickly stopped and bled air out. Leak off control block...

I'm clueless on those machines, but I'd have to think Tazza is onto something. Something isn't lined up right. If it is lined up properly, and it requires muscle to screw back in, I turn to my clamps (Irwin construction clamps) for a job like that. Find a stubby socket (or stick a nut inside...

Glow plugs not working properly? The extra juice to get things going sounds very odd. I would trace the ground from battery to frame to enure it is fully grounded. Usually, in fuse box, one can swap similar fuse/relays...I'd mess around with those to see if you have a bad one.

sted By: Luthor on 10-23-2016 05:08 AM Subject: Re: Bobcat 643 lapbar shock Message: Melli, the machine is a 743 from the 1990's. They originally had a spring on each side of the bar that latched it in the up position, no gas strut on this model...

Obviously, my attempt to insert pics was a failure....here is the link: http://www.skidsteerforum.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=52&gallerypage=1&currentitem=15&path=331%20Bobcat%202003%20Melli

Having put a few hours on Bobby, the pressure adjustment and new oil/filters certainly made a difference. The former made a big difference on rock and tree handling. Just discovered this site has a photo album...doh! Why I never saw that for all these years in beyond me. I take more pics of my...

I'm with Skidroe on plywood...or 2x10's if going in a straight line. Tires usually have thicker treads and heavier contact patch (psi), which mess up turf more so than a track machine (assuming identical machines, one with tires and one with tracks). The MT 55 is fairly light, but a tarp will...