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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vishrb" data-source="post: 121616" data-attributes="member: 22220"><p>Hey all. I am a beekeeper out of Colorado. I purchased a refurbished bobcat 743 that has some specific beekeeping adjustments. Mast etc... I was in a pinch and had to order one out of Florida. I had landed a contract last minute to load and unload semi's of bees for canola pollination. I was an idiot and did not fly out or have it looked over. When I got the "refurbished" unit I found that the only thing refurbished was the new paint job. There are a ton of issues but the main ones right now are the engine compression, serious creep, and non-functioning gauges. I tried to use it but 6-ish uses and the hoses started to pop. I had to give the contract away to another beekeeper and send this to a bobcat service center. I lost the contract and overpaid for this unit so I am trying to get a feel for the cheapest way to get it to where it needs to be. The bobcat service center said the creep was due to excessive wear and cannot be adjusted back into spec. Has anyone experienced wear that bad or is there some opportunity to get the creep worked out other than a complete rebuild of the steering? Not trying to second guess them but sometimes places have a standard of repair that they have to meet. Compression was 290, 300, and 300. It is a v1702 engine. trying to work out some paths on this. The service center wants around 10k to put a reman v1903 in it. I have asked around and have found some reman v1702 and v1902 engines with a core charge. Any guess on whether my core is good or is that level of compression loss and how long it was probably run like that mean I would not get a core refund? It does not sound like a v1902 is not much better than the v1702 so I was leaning toward a v1702 reman. Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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