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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mahans7" data-source="post: 57622" data-attributes="member: 7824"><p>Just got home from work and its nearing 11 PM. I can't go over tonight to visit the Bobcat at our neighbors house(the job site) since he's sick with pancreatic cancer and on chemotherapy which is why I went ahead and bought the 743 to fix his back yard(its been uncut for years with 6-8 foot weeds/trees). He wants to not leave a mess for his wife if he doesn't make it. My sons and I are trying to complete his yard ASAP before I take off the alternator and the Bobcat goes down. My son drove the Bobcat tonight with the battery cables routed properly but without the alternator red wire hooked up. He said it ran beautifully like before and that the voltage gauge was reading 12 volts. With the leads reversed yesterday my other son said the gauge was reading less than 12 volts. The battery is a large car battery and the hold down bracket is kind of mangled so the battery is just sitting there without support(no beer cans that I can find yet but lots of dirt and grease). The man who sold it to me said he's just a country guy and just ran it and didn't know about proper battery cable routing and didn't do much maintenance unless something quit working. Thanks again guys for all your input.</p></blockquote><p></p>