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Hello everyone, I recently picked up a Bobcat 909 backhoe attachment. It needs some work to get operational again, you can follow my...

Those Deutz engines are famous for blowing head gaskets and then burning oil. Our 873 had the same problem, smoked like crazy and had...

Ok gotcha, sorry I thought you were saying there was no cooler at all… As for oil leaks, hopefully like you say hou have it solved but...

Unless someone has replaced the stock engine with a full air cooled engine, your 873 should have a radiator above the engine. It will...

Pop the inner race and rollers out then run a bead of weld all around the inside of the outer race. This will shrink it enough that you...

Check and make sure your auxilliary hydraulics are not engaged, your starter won't have enough power to turn the engine over with them...

Not sure how much this will help you but this is the troubleshooting chart in my manual. It’s for the 730 series machines but for all...

Do you know how long the machine had been sitting before you got it going? There's a real good chance your hydraulic and hydrostatic...

It appears from your pictures that you have a later model 743. You still have an inline hydraulic filter similar to the bronze filter...

How fast are you running your engine while all of this is going on? These machines will make all sorts of noise and feel weak if you're...

One thing I have learned with our SB200 at work is if you keep your snowblower attached to your machine and park it inside, then go...

Years ago we were working on a movie job and I had our 873 and another fellow had a brand new Cat tracked skidsteer, can’t remember the...