I've been wanting to get an older, inexpensive Skidsteer for quite some time to do all the heavy lifting jobs around the house. To my luck, I happened across a 1988 Case 1845C and picked it up in my price range. Of course in that low of a price range that means something is wrong with it
So I have the 1845C at home and up on jackstands. Got it all cleaned up and rewired the engine harness to remove the push start button that was placed by the operators seat. Now I am down to the drive motors and pump. When starting the 1845C the left wheels immediately start turning at quite a rapid pace backwards. They will plunge the skidsteer backwards until you push the left control quite a distance forward to 'neutral' the drive motor. (before I received the machine someone had removed the shocks off the steering control arms) I drove the machine onto the trailer and off the trailer when transporting it home. Seemed to have plenty of power to move itself around. I did not try to dig with the machine, but the gentleman I purchased it from said he was moving some dirt with it.
I have hooked into the the charge pressure test port and I am measuring ~250psi as the charge pressure. I ran the machine in the forward and reverse directions it does not seem to change the charge pressure much. I know most of the troubleshooting information says to load or stall the drives...but at this time i have no way to perform this task. I have picked up one tip a long the way as far as the problem of the wheels moving upon startup and not being able to neutral them. (without moving the swashplate control lever on the left side an extreme amount) Is that the roll pin inside the linkage to the swashplate might be broken.
Does this sound like a broken roll pin or perhaps the main relief valve might be stuck? I wanted to get some community opinions before I tear into this thing when a simpler repair might be in order.
Thanks to all who reply!
So I have the 1845C at home and up on jackstands. Got it all cleaned up and rewired the engine harness to remove the push start button that was placed by the operators seat. Now I am down to the drive motors and pump. When starting the 1845C the left wheels immediately start turning at quite a rapid pace backwards. They will plunge the skidsteer backwards until you push the left control quite a distance forward to 'neutral' the drive motor. (before I received the machine someone had removed the shocks off the steering control arms) I drove the machine onto the trailer and off the trailer when transporting it home. Seemed to have plenty of power to move itself around. I did not try to dig with the machine, but the gentleman I purchased it from said he was moving some dirt with it.
I have hooked into the the charge pressure test port and I am measuring ~250psi as the charge pressure. I ran the machine in the forward and reverse directions it does not seem to change the charge pressure much. I know most of the troubleshooting information says to load or stall the drives...but at this time i have no way to perform this task. I have picked up one tip a long the way as far as the problem of the wheels moving upon startup and not being able to neutral them. (without moving the swashplate control lever on the left side an extreme amount) Is that the roll pin inside the linkage to the swashplate might be broken.
Does this sound like a broken roll pin or perhaps the main relief valve might be stuck? I wanted to get some community opinions before I tear into this thing when a simpler repair might be in order.
Thanks to all who reply!