Recent content by shotym2

Hi, have been having intermitent issues for years with the AHC on my 873F- non-BOSS but finally seems to be permanent now. Can't use the lift and tilt at the same time or will give an actuator(5 flashes)fault. Used to be you could run it this way for a while and then it would work properly...

Actually, its not that the wires were fragile, they were 18 ga , more that each strand might have been a little too thick, and just could not flex. A straighter wire path would be better even with lighter wire. The machine has lots of hours and with the AHC there is alot of repetitive bending...

I checked the wires and started replacing a section of each wire and then re testing. Finally found the broken wire on the fourth try:). Auxillary works perfect and all it cost was an hour of my time rather than the $500 BC wanted for the handle assembly. Also took off the coupler and touched...

1998 873F BICS, AHC no BOSS 1-The aux hyd lights were alternating flashing so started some troubleshooting. After a couple hours with the handy DVM traced the problem to the wiring from the right hand control. All work if the handle is held toward center, (most of the time) momentary and detent...

Put about 4-5 hours on it and the oil level is actually dropping so I guess the fuel pump was the problem after all. Will replace the valve cover gasket so that will help the dropping oil level a bit. Now seem to have an intermittent lift actuator issue now, really, really annoying but over $800...

After a long winter I got the thing out of the snowbank to do a little ice removal from the driveway. I checked the oil before I moved it and it was near the bottom of the add mark but it was also on a bit of a forward slope. Used it for about an hour and parked it on a more level surface...

Bought new lift pump and o-ring, valve cover gasket, rocker arm bolt, fan belt, idler pulley and fuel return line. Got all the outside the engine stuff in place and did a 15 min run up. Was still missing, but didn't get a chance to work it at all. Oil level didn't look like it changed but...

I worked it a bit on Sunday at the next door neighbours and kept a very close eye on the oil level. Only ran it about 40 mins at a time then let it cool off and rechecked the oil. Did not seem to rise. Just after I had started it just died like it was out of fuel but had have a good quarter...

Well, took it out and fooled around for an hour or so and it worked well, temp never came above 200 and no runaway. After it was cooled off I checked the oil level and it was up about 3 inches on the dip stick. Will do an oil and filter change today. Heading to the city next weekend so will...

If time permits am going to try it out again today. Will try keep temps in the 200 range and see if it works. I would have expected to see more oil in the turbo and black crap on the impeller if the turbo had a leak but it was nice and shiny. Going to reread the service manual and see if there...

Yea, looks that way. The oil level was really high. I had poured back what I had taken out when I did the head and tonight I took out at least 2 gallons of oil go get it into the proper range on the dipstick. It does have a bit of a diesel smell to it. Would it be possible that if it is that...

The 230 deg mark is right in the middle of the guage. What should it be running at? I was thinking about removing the bolt and wicking out all of the oil and retorquing it. Would a single bolt say with only 100 ft lbs of torque allow a leak? Thanks Dwight

Sooo, took it to a friends acreage to try it out. Was working well for about a half hour and then same thing happens, revs up and the neighbourhood disappears in a cloud of smoke. I was working it about half to 3/4 throttle levelling some lumps and generally playing around. Temp got up to...

Finished changing out the head gasket. Can't really tell where it was leaking however one head bolt hole was filled with oil. Checked the turbo as well, there was some oil in the intake but anmsure it was from the crankcase breather, no oil in the impellers at all. There was just a hint of...

We checked for the notches on the gasket before we went shopping so we are OK there. Will pull off the intake hose and check for oil and see how much slop there is in the shaft. Is the turbo as common a problem as the headgasket? After it belched out smoke we let it cool down a few minutes...