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<blockquote data-quote="Roozter" data-source="post: 7116" data-attributes="member: 870"><p>Hey everyone,</p><p>Here's an update on my 751. Evidently I have several problems...</p><p>1. The pulley on the left side, that I thought was loose (correctly identified by Ken and Tazza), would not go back into the bracket straight. The mechanic (and I) had to remove the bracket and put helicoil in it to get the bolt to go in straight. Removing this bracket is not easy. We had to remove four very difficult to reach bolts that would be impossible to do without a wobbly socket adapter and two people. Then it appeared we had to remove the hydraulic connections to the hydraulic pump and drain the reservoir. That still did not help and the mechanic somehow coaxed it out with pry bar and hammer ( I was working on my swing set project at this time) Upon examination of the spring loaded fan belt tensioner pulley, it was not installed correctly and was missing the o-rings on each side and had improper size washers causing the pulley to fail.</p><p>2. Examination of the blower fan revealed some pretty severe gear backlash from the gearbox that drives the blower fan and the gearbox will have to be replaced. When spinning the fan gearbox pulley by hand it made a regular rattle noise.</p><p>3. The mechanic said one of my loose wires should go to a hydraulic fluid temp sensor that is missing and will have to be replaced.</p><p>4. The battery had hold down bolts but no strap and therefore was loose in the engine compartment. The loose left hand battery tie down bolt likely caused my problem of no hydraulic operation.</p><p>5. Finally, the source of my original problem was the drive belt tensioner on the right hand side of the engine. Probably the loose battery tie down bolt got angled into the drive belt / pulley area and caused the tensioner bolt for the tensioner pulley to snap. That made my machine stop working.</p><p>It is not repaired yet, but the machinery dealer I purchased it from is covering all parts and labor to fix all these items. I don't have the replacement parts list yet but will give an update when I do. He said it came to $1800 in parts. I was beginning to realize I did not get the best purchase price on this machine and probably paid high retail, but with this service and parts warranty it looks like it is turning into a good deal. I just have to cross my fingers that nothing else will go wrong before I am done with the machine and resell it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roozter, post: 7116, member: 870"] Hey everyone, Here's an update on my 751. Evidently I have several problems... 1. The pulley on the left side, that I thought was loose (correctly identified by Ken and Tazza), would not go back into the bracket straight. The mechanic (and I) had to remove the bracket and put helicoil in it to get the bolt to go in straight. Removing this bracket is not easy. We had to remove four very difficult to reach bolts that would be impossible to do without a wobbly socket adapter and two people. Then it appeared we had to remove the hydraulic connections to the hydraulic pump and drain the reservoir. That still did not help and the mechanic somehow coaxed it out with pry bar and hammer ( I was working on my swing set project at this time) Upon examination of the spring loaded fan belt tensioner pulley, it was not installed correctly and was missing the o-rings on each side and had improper size washers causing the pulley to fail. 2. Examination of the blower fan revealed some pretty severe gear backlash from the gearbox that drives the blower fan and the gearbox will have to be replaced. When spinning the fan gearbox pulley by hand it made a regular rattle noise. 3. The mechanic said one of my loose wires should go to a hydraulic fluid temp sensor that is missing and will have to be replaced. 4. The battery had hold down bolts but no strap and therefore was loose in the engine compartment. The loose left hand battery tie down bolt likely caused my problem of no hydraulic operation. 5. Finally, the source of my original problem was the drive belt tensioner on the right hand side of the engine. Probably the loose battery tie down bolt got angled into the drive belt / pulley area and caused the tensioner bolt for the tensioner pulley to snap. That made my machine stop working. It is not repaired yet, but the machinery dealer I purchased it from is covering all parts and labor to fix all these items. I don’t have the replacement parts list yet but will give an update when I do. He said it came to $1800 in parts. I was beginning to realize I did not get the best purchase price on this machine and probably paid high retail, but with this service and parts warranty it looks like it is turning into a good deal. I just have to cross my fingers that nothing else will go wrong before I am done with the machine and resell it. [/QUOTE]
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