Recent content by rjprice

Thanks. Makes sense.

Had a question for the hive. I want to weld some chain hooks on the bucket of my 2006 Bobcat S175. Because I’m a crappy welder I would like to curl the bucket down so the back of the bucket is up and my weld would be horizontal as opposed to uphill or downhill. The question is can I mig weld...

I traced the headlight wire from the cab to the top/behind of the hydraulic oil tank. The wire was chewed right at a big connector. Soldered it and the lights work now. Took the alternator to an alternator shop and it was charging 15.2v. Regulator was rusted. Guy totally rebuilt it for $150...

The manual states the max is like 14.4v so my 15.2v is too high. The wiring looks ok. What can cause the is overcharging? I know the regulator is a possibility but is there anything else?

Thanks I was able to solder a wire onto the fuel pull pin and the machine starts as soon as you hit the starter. I repaired the other three wires also. There were two identical broken green wires so I had to guess where they attached to. I got no beeps so I assume I guessed correctly. No codes...

Wow, the harness is $1650 and they said 8-9 hours to install. That is a lot for sure. Gonna have to try to repair it.

So I found out what the deal is: 4 or 5 of the wires on the J1 P01 controller plug are chewed in half, including the #40 pin position which is Fuel Pull Relay. Of course the wire is chewed off right at the plug. May be too short to solder. The other wires are longer and can be repaired, I think...

I know some of the relays have power as I can hear them click. The rear lights work but not the headlights. with the key on, I can hear the relay click when I turn on the lights. Only around 5.8 volts at one fuel solenoid wire. I had my son watch the multimeter at the fuel solenoid plug while I...

One more thing: When the machine would not turn over due to dead battery, I jumped the machine with my truck. I left the machine hooked up to the truck for quite a while but the battery had a dead cell so it never would charge much. Is the a fusible link that maybe got fried? Above the battery...

Thanks. I bypassed the solenoid (just loosened it until the plunger allowed it to start) so I could drive it to my garage. I put the boom up and raised the cab. I checked the voltage at the 3 wire plug to the solenoid. two "tan" wires (one bigger than the other and a black wire. One of the tan...

Thanks to all. When I pulled the solenoid, it would beep and not turn over unless I grounded it to the block. I'm guessing the computer sensed it was not there and sent a beep code. I saw in another post something about a fuse on the timer for the solenoid. Does this apply to my machine? I...

I swapped some of the relays around and checked all of the fuses. If I bypassed the fuel solenoid again to get it running, would it hurt it to drive it to my house? then I could get power and my tools.

Background: Had the machine parked for about a month. The battery died and the machine was dead when I went to start it. The battery was over 5 years ols=d so I figured it was time and I replaced it. I tested it and it had a dead cell. After replacing the battery, when I went to start it, it...

Got both out without the slide hammer ant the cylinder lifted right out. Wow what a mess of leaves sticks and hydraulic fluid down in there.

Hi, all. S175 Lift cylinder blew a seal. reading my repair manual, it says I need a slide hammer to remove the upper pivot pin for the lift cylinder. It looks like the pivot pin is threaded. Anyone know what size? Will the cheap-o harbor freight slide hammer work for this? Any other tips or...