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Going to pick up an old 632
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<blockquote data-quote="bobcatzack" data-source="post: 121524" data-attributes="member: 22200"><p>Hi Ster1, wishing you the best with this new "older" bobcat 632! You can't beat the joy of getting these going and see them come back to life! I myself is a complete novice at this. I wanted to grade about an acre in the back area of my home (Illinois) and ended up buying a Bobcat 632 too. It used to start and run, but the water pump leaked, and the radiator got really hot and boiling. In any case, I tried to clean up the engine and ended up using a spray engine cleaner, then hosed it down with water. Well, after that, the bobcat took a while to start (I jumped it with my car battery) - when it started it ran for a while, ten sputtered and came to halt. Since then, I not been able to get it started - it cranks really well. I studied what could have gone wrong? Some of the wires got soaked and broke perhaps? I changed all the 4 spark plugs with new wires leading to the distributor. I bought a spark plug tester and I see sparks when I crank the engine. I bought a compression tester and compression seem to be ok too. Then i wanted to focus on the fuel intake - the Bobcat parts website has a nice page (see below link) if you search on 2nd tab for Model 632, it mentions a Solenoid Shutoff Valve. I was wondering if I should focus on this solenoid? Should I try to remove the carburetor and try to clean it? Any advise will be highly appreciated! </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bobcatpartsonline.com/#/catalogBrowser?path=%2F0000-Loaders%2F0000-632%2F0000-499311001%20%26%20Above[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobcatzack, post: 121524, member: 22200"] Hi Ster1, wishing you the best with this new "older" bobcat 632! You can't beat the joy of getting these going and see them come back to life! I myself is a complete novice at this. I wanted to grade about an acre in the back area of my home (Illinois) and ended up buying a Bobcat 632 too. It used to start and run, but the water pump leaked, and the radiator got really hot and boiling. In any case, I tried to clean up the engine and ended up using a spray engine cleaner, then hosed it down with water. Well, after that, the bobcat took a while to start (I jumped it with my car battery) - when it started it ran for a while, ten sputtered and came to halt. Since then, I not been able to get it started - it cranks really well. I studied what could have gone wrong? Some of the wires got soaked and broke perhaps? I changed all the 4 spark plugs with new wires leading to the distributor. I bought a spark plug tester and I see sparks when I crank the engine. I bought a compression tester and compression seem to be ok too. Then i wanted to focus on the fuel intake - the Bobcat parts website has a nice page (see below link) if you search on 2nd tab for Model 632, it mentions a Solenoid Shutoff Valve. I was wondering if I should focus on this solenoid? Should I try to remove the carburetor and try to clean it? Any advise will be highly appreciated! [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bobcatpartsonline.com/#/catalogBrowser?path=%2F0000-Loaders%2F0000-632%2F0000-499311001%20%26%20Above[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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