BICS wont turn On- Bobcat 853

HanC · Jun 18, 2015

Hi Everybody. I have a Bobcat 853 worked fine till I took a break from work on returning tried to start and wont start felt like starter was struggling so I removed started tested and found to be OK, then I lost all power to BICS (all lights are off on BICS) tested all fuses and relay they are OK. Load tested battery and it turned out to be good too. Any help troubleshooting is appreciated.

6brnorma · Jun 19, 2015

Han……go ahead and answer Tazza's previous question now. Bobcatdan, Tazza and many others are great with these types of issues……I'm sure they'll help when they see this.

Tazza · Jun 28, 2015

6brnorma said:
Han……go ahead and answer Tazza's previous question now. Bobcatdan, Tazza and many others are great with these types of issues……I'm sure they'll help when they see this.

Start with a battery, if it's still cranking hard, something sounds like it is engaged like aux hydraulics bogging the engine down.

HanC · Jun 28, 2015

Tazza said:
Start with a battery, if it's still cranking hard, something sounds like it is engaged like aux hydraulics bogging the engine down.

Thank you everyone for the help. Just want to let you know the issue is fixed and this is what I found after the troubleshooting. 1) I had a bad ground (the cable is broke or corroded in the center which was making contact once in a while) Replaced cable 2) I had bad cable to the ignition switch (Red & white to Batt terminal) Just used another spare cable which was available 3) Had a bad starter which would not crank when installed even if I power it directly. Tried powering it from my truck batteries wont crank, but would work on a bench replaced starter. Now everything works fine. Once again thank you for the support.

reaperman · Jun 28, 2015

HanC said:
Thank you everyone for the help. Just want to let you know the issue is fixed and this is what I found after the troubleshooting. 1) I had a bad ground (the cable is broke or corroded in the center which was making contact once in a while) Replaced cable 2) I had bad cable to the ignition switch (Red & white to Batt terminal) Just used another spare cable which was available 3) Had a bad starter which would not crank when installed even if I power it directly. Tried powering it from my truck batteries wont crank, but would work on a bench replaced starter. Now everything works fine. Once again thank you for the support.

That's a lot to figure out, you must have worn a bald spot on your head scratching it so much! Nice job.