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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rodbuilder321" data-source="post: 47070" data-attributes="member: 6250"><p>I just bought a 553 and the darned movement solenoid keeps screwing up. Bobcat calls the stupid thing a "traction" solenoid for some sutid reason, but it has NOTHING to do with traction!!! So tell me this ole' wise Bobcat men - has anyone took a hammer and "disabled" that stupid computer in their skid loader and made their OWN safety switch - like maybe just use a seat switch? The words "Computer" and "skid loader" don't even belong in the same sentence, but in this day of engineer brain lock it doesn't surprise me that they're doing this to us. What the heck - $300 for a stupid Bobcat computer? I have a question for the experienced Bobcat dude: 1. Is that solenoid that controls the release of the boom movement on CONSTANTLY, when it's 1st energized - or does power to it only need to momentary? 2. If I run a wire to the #2 (hold) circuit in the "traction" solenoid and power it with "ignition-ON", then run another wire to the MOMENTARY part of that same solenoid, to a push-button switch, to pull the solenoid in place, will this be enough to release this goofy "traction' lock and get me operational? As far as "safety" goes, if I want to keep the machine from taking off when i get out of the seat whe i get out of it, all i have to do is use a seat switch, LIKE THE MORON "ENGINEERS" AT BOBCAT SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!! Computers on skid loaders that sit outside all the time!!! How stupid can American engineers really get? I'm about to rip out this damn wiring harness and use it to strangle the first Bobcat engineer I meet!!! It's totally amazing to me that Americans can't find a way to control THREE circuits (2 control solenoids and another one to shut down the injection pump) on a skid loader, without using a stupid computer!!! I'll bet ya' I can!!! Has anybody else done this???? Shoot me your answer ASAP to: pbbm@comcast.net</p></blockquote><p></p>

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