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<blockquote data-quote="flyerdan" data-source="post: 109703" data-attributes="member: 2510"><p>I've refereed to the 743 as the DC-3 of the skidsteer world, as they are the perfect size to get in an out of lots of places, can do a wide variety of tasks, are rugged and simple and can be found everywhere.</p><p>There shouldn't be any oil in the air filter, that's a very bad situation for a diesel, as they can ingest it and run away, which can be interesting to watch on youtube, not so much in your dooryard with your machine.</p><p>The creeping and sticks not balanced, is a real thing, they do need to be centered. There are at least two manuals in the manual thread (see my sig) that you should download. It tells how to deal with that. The jerking can be a learning curve, they are short coupled with no suspension and they do bounce around a lot, if you try and fight it it often becomes worse. They are touchy and easing in when starting out smooths things out.</p><p>If you have compressed air, HF has a great engine cleaning gun; giving the engine and pumps a good washdown makes it a lot easier to see where leaks are coming from, as well as making adjustments a lot cleaner and more pleasant.</p><p>Hopefully you've got a bit of a neglected machine with nothing too serious wrong, but definitely change out the air filter and clean any residual oil out of the housing first thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyerdan, post: 109703, member: 2510"] I've refereed to the 743 as the DC-3 of the skidsteer world, as they are the perfect size to get in an out of lots of places, can do a wide variety of tasks, are rugged and simple and can be found everywhere. There shouldn't be any oil in the air filter, that's a very bad situation for a diesel, as they can ingest it and run away, which can be interesting to watch on youtube, not so much in your dooryard with your machine. The creeping and sticks not balanced, is a real thing, they do need to be centered. There are at least two manuals in the manual thread (see my sig) that you should download. It tells how to deal with that. The jerking can be a learning curve, they are short coupled with no suspension and they do bounce around a lot, if you try and fight it it often becomes worse. They are touchy and easing in when starting out smooths things out. If you have compressed air, HF has a great engine cleaning gun; giving the engine and pumps a good washdown makes it a lot easier to see where leaks are coming from, as well as making adjustments a lot cleaner and more pleasant. Hopefully you've got a bit of a neglected machine with nothing too serious wrong, but definitely change out the air filter and clean any residual oil out of the housing first thing. [/QUOTE]
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