Recent content by MtBaldyBobcat

Hi folks, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction so I can maybe use my 742 to plow the foot of snow currently in my driveway. I just can't get it started. Some history: My 742 (w/ Ford engine) has always been hard to start, but once started, it usually ran fine, though it does...

I have a Bobcat 742 circa 1989. The pressure sender screws into the front end of the port block. That's where I installed the "T" and another line to my pressure gauge. I understand that they did away with this particular port block on newer models, and I think I read that they switched the...

Final Update: I put the new 40-micron bronze filter into the center of three ports in the side of the port block. Charge pressure is now running 90-100 psi, driving is pretty good. I say pretty good since I still hear the occasional groan... but nothing continuous like it was before the new...

Update: the bubbles had pretty much dissipated, and still the light, so I took further action. I pulled the pressure sending unit and discovered that the switch was normally-closed (should be normally-open, I believe). @%$!!#%^*!! Bobcat helpfully sold the wrong sensor (said it had been replaced...

I check the tank, and the bubbles seem to be gone in the 2ish hours between the first and second running of the evening. The lift/tilt seem just fine. Driving doesn't jitter, but it does groan as I've said. With all the air I'm seeing, it's easy for me to believe that that's the issue, but...

Actually, it is screaming as I drive around... more pronounced on turns and full forward or backward. My routine is to come home from work, drive around a 10-15 minutes and lift/tilt bucket a bunch, turn it off, and come back after dinner and do the same. I've done this about 3 or 4 times (so...

Thanx Tazza. I did clean the port block filter. That was my plan: lift/tilt and drive sparingly for a few days. If the light's still on after the bubbles are gone (and I can't find an obvious electrical issue), a pressure gauge is the next step.

I bought a Bobcat 742 (SN# 11809) from a friend who said the hydrostatic pump was bad. Don't know a thing about hydraulics, but I managed to pull the hydraulics completely apart, clean up hoses, port block, etc., had the hydraulic control valve & lift rams & backhoe stabilizer rams rebuilt...