Where is everyone #5

Don't see them around here, also don't think we have a dealer nearby.
We have Deere, Cat, Bobcat, Volvo, Case, and Kubota dealerships.

 

10 to 15 year old Cat 262 reasonably good machines?

 

Definitely need chains, thanks.

 

Heat quit in the Bonneville?

 

The local fertilizer plant here been running kubota the last 5 years or so..they ĺove it.
But that's inside all year.

 

If its a C-model with the mechanical engine they seem to blow head gaskets more than anything. Seems like most will get 1 or 2 in their lifetimes. If left too long they'll need heads as coolant will start to errode it. Easiest tell is if the recovery bottle is overfull and the little sight glass next to the rad cap is empty. Good news is they're dead simple and can be done in about 9-10 hours start to finish.

If the hydraulic filter is mounted to the inside of the back door the hoses kink over time and blow out. 1 hose is easy, the other is about 10 feet long and snakes around behind the engine and goes into the bottom of the pump. A 2 section hose for that circuit would make life much easier when it does blow.

 

Hard to say. Really depends on the machine. How it was ran and maintained. Skid steers tend to take a beating. Especially if it was at a place where a bunch of kids were running it. Most folks are pretty hard on them.

 

Is it a fuel fired heater? It may need to be overhauled. The last time I did an espar, the full kit was like $180.00. From out to back in was a couple of hours.

 

Yes, it's an espar hydronic H5. It's new. The original lasted about 8 yrs. I rebuilt that one then the fan went out so I replaced the unit.
The controller lost power so I went to where I had repaired the harness a few years back assuming that was where the problem was. Turned out it was a bad fuse. The fuse broke at the solder joint but it appeared good. I finally checked it with the meter.

 

Ding ding ding!!!
#### straight, $4k worth a bambi bashing Ali Arc just hung off the snub nose weeks before I got it.. Knowing she was gonna need $4k worth of tires immediately, that helped to take the sting out of it for sure..

I'm a flat top, flat glass, side stack kind a guy as well.. The real suck for me is a Series 60 won't fit. Maybe a 8v92TA will.? Actually seen one with DDEC III controls on it in a BlueBird Wanderlodge couple yrs back. Hmm,,, time to bust out the measuring tape..