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Thats the screw jack used to prop your cab forward. Most are lost over the years, never put back on the machine. Probably a rare piece. Very nice to have. Mine's missing, I use a come-along / hand winch from the cutting edge of dirt bucket & cab about where the lights mount to pull it...

Thats a great story to tell, got me laughing. I'll bet it makes a little segment on their show....something to lead the viewers into giving to the show....”As you've just seen, any donation is appreciated out here. Send a check, money order, or scrap metal.”

I did what Taz said and rugged up last year with an air cooled M600. That said, I would be ducting that warm air up to me if I had to take it again. If you can get the exhaust away from your ducted warm air it should be fine. The original VW Bug has been doing that for some time. Your Bobcat...

I wasn't Bobcat loyal until I bought parts for my 35 year old machine and they had them in by the end of the week each time. And it was easy to work on. Sure Bobcat has a couple of weaker SS in their 50 some machine lineup over the years. But the 743 sure ain't one of 'em. I've heard it...

Lucky you, my gasser drank a lot digging hard or pushing snow. The oil burners are way ahead of gas in a lot of ways, maybe why they made it cost more than gas. I haven't ran numbers on machinery but Diesels are very efficient compared to gas, and moreso closer to idle. Gas runs at an air/fuel...

Originality not a priority. Everything was blown with white. I thought the little Ford 1.6 Industrial engine should be Ford blue. Eventually a new wiring harness will make it...not blue. hehehe. Finally some forward momentum. Assembly! (With non original black, but hey I like it) And...

Yep, Im happy with it. Thought Id be reworking our front yard now, but this is entertaining too...wife may disagree now. But Im sure she'd rather it not break down, ooze oil, and/or become stranded in the front yard. After a week of off time prepping, and after a full day of painting most of...

Well, where to stop? I'd rather spend next summer looking between and climbing over smooth white arms than rusty patched ones. Woops got carried away again, down to the metal in places. Now I get to test out some of that self etching primer.

Now, prepping for the rears I notice that through the access covers and any contortions of my arms, I cannot scrape the old inner axle cap gaskets completely off with the engine in the machine. A glob of silicon may have worked this time, but down the road that glob may haunt me. Pull the...

Well now, there's that same 'Titanic rust scale' under the axle housing assembly. Tape off, clean up & prep for a spot of paint. After all, its just an old machine right. Don't wanna make it too spiffy then I might not want to dirty it up. May as well pop the radiator and hydraulic cooler...

What to do while waiting on parts? Spiff it up a bit, hammer a couple dents out of the cab, DA it, and give it some nice shiny black. (Should have had it in the shed now...ahhh....hindsight.) May as well get down to the front axles & clean off the petrified grease on the pedals. After pulling...

I've learned a lot of stuff here & have been motivated by what others have shared. Great info & great bunch of helpful people. I'll try to share my current adventures with a 722 and hopefully pass on something mechanically interesting. So after looking at a dozen Bobcats in my price range, I...

My first Bobcat, M600 had a 1000 rated, 2000 tip capacity. It had the optional factory couple hundred pound ballast too. I pulled 2200 lb loads off of a tall flatbed. It was very tippy. I wouldn't be affraid to push an 8ft box pusher in snow with it though. Pushing an angled blade hard can...

Well, the photobucket's not spitting out friendly links for me but there's a simple picture of a Mr Gasket vented breather that popped in the factory hole & will work to get that oil film off your engine. O'reillys had it on the shelf, the easy button.

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