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<blockquote data-quote="peebeeaitch" data-source="post: 63661" data-attributes="member: 8318"><p><u>24 Feb 2013</u></p><p>So I started out trying to remove the flywheel with the "soft hammer". If this is a recurring phrase, it is because it was a recurring effort. I tried hitting the flywheel on the side, on the fins, in the centre, on the shaft (like the manual seems to show), on the casing, everywhere. Then I brought out the solid steel persuader, and tapped in all of the same places. Really, I did not loose my temper and give it a properly solid smack - I contained myself and ping pinged the thing. Nothing worked. So I gave up.</p><p>What awaited was worse. The mulch extraction. I have written in a previous post that I am sure that the machine has been a submarine at some point. Geologists make their living (I am told) by looking through the history of the earth through various layers. My geology project is a Bobcat that ended its past life in my garage, before which it was used to load mulch, before which it was used in a forestry operation, before which it was in a river. I know it was a river because of the river stones trapped in the clay layer above the factory paint. Before that it was made. This is all visible in the layers.</p><p>The one good thing about the clay under all of the mulch is that it has provided a fantastic corrosion barrier (this paint is still shiny):</p><p><img src="http://bobcat.thesouthpole.co.za/BloodSweatAndTears/2013-02-24_4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I don't own a compressor for spraying anymore otherwise I'd give it a coat.</p><p>I also, as said somewhere above, started looking through the wiring and made some interesting discoveries. I think I have spoken a lifetime ago about the oil pressure gauge moving. This is the wiring behind the aftermarket panel:</p><p><img src="http://bobcat.thesouthpole.co.za/BloodSweatAndTears/2013-02-24_9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The orange wire runs to the oil pressure gauge. Next to it, without wire, is the charging voltage gauge. The orange wire, in my harness, leads to the "thingy's" spoken of previously. So, the oil pressure gauge showes charging voltage and the charging voltage gauge showes nothing.</p><p>I also found this remnant somewhere in the engine mulch:</p><p><img src="http://bobcat.thesouthpole.co.za/BloodSweatAndTears/2013-02-24_8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Before the fuel storage on my unit was upgraded to a Jerry Can with custom solder outlet and direct carburetor supply, this little critter must have figured in the schematic. I cannot find reference to it in any of the motor blowups in my manual so can only come to the conclusion that it was an after-market addition that was bypassed before the machine came my way.</p><p>Now I'm going to start purchasing the various parts that I need to get the machine functional again. I have stripped almost everything I want/need to. The only thing remaining untouched are the wheel bearings, which look and feel great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peebeeaitch, post: 63661, member: 8318"] [U]24 Feb 2013[/U] So I started out trying to remove the flywheel with the “soft hammer”. If this is a recurring phrase, it is because it was a recurring effort. I tried hitting the flywheel on the side, on the fins, in the centre, on the shaft (like the manual seems to show), on the casing, everywhere. Then I brought out the solid steel persuader, and tapped in all of the same places. Really, I did not loose my temper and give it a properly solid smack - I contained myself and ping pinged the thing. Nothing worked. So I gave up. What awaited was worse. The mulch extraction. I have written in a previous post that I am sure that the machine has been a submarine at some point. Geologists make their living (I am told) by looking through the history of the earth through various layers. My geology project is a Bobcat that ended its past life in my garage, before which it was used to load mulch, before which it was used in a forestry operation, before which it was in a river. I know it was a river because of the river stones trapped in the clay layer above the factory paint. Before that it was made. This is all visible in the layers. The one good thing about the clay under all of the mulch is that it has provided a fantastic corrosion barrier (this paint is still shiny): [IMG]http://bobcat.thesouthpole.co.za/BloodSweatAndTears/2013-02-24_4.jpg[/IMG] I don't own a compressor for spraying anymore otherwise I'd give it a coat. I also, as said somewhere above, started looking through the wiring and made some interesting discoveries. I think I have spoken a lifetime ago about the oil pressure gauge moving. This is the wiring behind the aftermarket panel: [IMG]http://bobcat.thesouthpole.co.za/BloodSweatAndTears/2013-02-24_9.jpg[/IMG] The orange wire runs to the oil pressure gauge. Next to it, without wire, is the charging voltage gauge. The orange wire, in my harness, leads to the “thingy's” spoken of previously. So, the oil pressure gauge showes charging voltage and the charging voltage gauge showes nothing. I also found this remnant somewhere in the engine mulch: [IMG]http://bobcat.thesouthpole.co.za/BloodSweatAndTears/2013-02-24_8.jpg[/IMG] Before the fuel storage on my unit was upgraded to a Jerry Can with custom solder outlet and direct carburetor supply, this little critter must have figured in the schematic. I cannot find reference to it in any of the motor blowups in my manual so can only come to the conclusion that it was an after-market addition that was bypassed before the machine came my way. Now I'm going to start purchasing the various parts that I need to get the machine functional again. I have stripped almost everything I want/need to. The only thing remaining untouched are the wheel bearings, which look and feel great. [/QUOTE]
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