Recent content by NCDiesel

I actually did try that, but the couplers on the hoses from the splitter are gender specific. So you can’t swap. I thought maybe the other end of the hoses wouldn’t be, but I was wrong there also. Since I posted this, i asked the service manager of the bobcat shop that did the repair about it...

Good news and bad. Good news is it is fixed. Bad news is I never could troubleshoot this myself. Had to send it to the dealer who said the wiring was “wrong”. I didn’t ask any further but I suspect near the controller where I saw some previous owners had spliced some stuff and it looked, shall...

OK - so I was able to check the resistance of the solenoids on the control valve - both are 10.5Ohms. Never could find a specification for them but the fact that both are identical means both are good or both are bad. Since the thumb paddles work, my guess is both are good. Where do I go next...

Thanks. I replaced the right hand controller and wiring because I was getting 2-3 ohms across wires that should be basically zero when the trigger is pressed. But that did not help. I guess I need to look at the aux hydraulics solenoid wiring next.....

Thanks Bobbie G Dumb switch=thumb switch. I was doing voice-to -text to compose the message and didn’t notice it changed the word on me. I did try several combinations of thumb switch and trigger actions and nothing. The other clue I have is the “unlock” light on the control panel right behind...

Hey folks, I have a mid 90s 753. The hydraulics have always worked for implements where I want to be able to operate them using that dumb switch on the right control lever. However I just got a log splitter, and need constant flow, like a back-hoe. According to my owners manual I hit the...

To test it, I disconnected the harness from the alternator. To prevent drain I am removing the the battery ground. The reason i think it’s the “exciter” circuit and I don’t think it’s the diode is because it’s such a small draw - about 200-250 milliamperes. But enough to drain it in a...

I have a mid-nineties 753 bobcat. As soon as I got it last year I noticed it was draining the battery just sitting: - within just a week or two. So I made a few checks and sure enough it was losing about 250 mA while the machine was off. I suspected the alternator so I disconnected the...