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  1. xkvator

    2004 Bobcat 331 keypad

    started ok a couple times this morning...after cleaning silt out of the edges of a pond at neighbors farm, i shut it down to talk to him... went to start it, and wouldnt do anything when i press the start button on the keyless pad... tried code and the master code...everything beeps and is...
  2. xkvator

    2004 Bobcat 331D Coolant change...

    I drained the coolant...petcock on radiator...valve below injector pump...and took off heater hoses, and pulled them down below engine...got out 10 qts. put in distilled water a couple times, ran till warmed up, let cool down, and drained...still about 10 qts. manual sez capacity is 4 gal = 16...
  3. xkvator

    Road & Work Lights on 580K

    I want to replace the 3.5 x 6" lights on my 580K...I've lost some of the lenses... anybody replace with LED's...? and have they held up...?
  4. xkvator

    Aftermarket Seal Kits...

    curious as to how good aftermarket seal kits are compared to OEM...from those that have had experience with both... I bought a boom seal kit from Case last year @ $140 and did it myself...I saw aftermarket online for 1/2 of that price, but I needed it right away, and didn't want to take the...
  5. xkvator

    1987 580K Boom Cylinder Seals(early serial #)

    1st) I want to thank the guy on this forum who suggested peaning the end of the cylinder to get the gland off...so much easier... My question is: the Case directions say not to use the new buffer seal in the earlier glands (with no I.D. groove)...as the groove is not deep enough... Ok, I...
  6. xkvator

    Aftermarket Starter

    has anybody bought one of these, from where?, and have you had good or bad results...?
  7. xkvator

    this guy was lucky...

    http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/14836653/detail.html
  8. xkvator

    excavator topples...

    http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_263171815.html http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/14162050/detail.html
  9. xkvator

    Trench Collapse in NY

    http://kdka.com/topstories/topstories_story_241163328.html
  10. xkvator

    Gehl 5635 problem

    a friend of mine called me to see if i can drag his skid out of the woods for him. he says he tries to start it & it seems like the hydraulics are engaged, keeping the engine from turning... he said it happened once before...he moved one of the t-bars and it started then. sounds like a spool...
  11. xkvator

    trailer safety training

    to begin in Pa http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_019104616.html
  12. xkvator

    fatality involving tag trailer

    http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_348161833.html i travel that road all the time...about 10 miles from home...a very long straight stretch. trailer being pulled out of the excavating company lot was struck by a car...mother killed still dark out around 7...
  13. xkvator

    steel tracks

    anyone have any experience/knowledge about these tracks...? http://www.tracksplus.com/tracks.asp
  14. xkvator

    I'm Officially...

    ..."old" now Daughter had a baby girl last evening @ 10:57...right after the Steeler game...first Grandchild:D
  15. xkvator

    skidsteer tracks

    anyone tried the steel tracks that are similar to loegerings, but i think the pads are formed steel instead of cast. the centers of the pad are open a friend saw them in an ad in the heavyequipmenttrader...$1300 + $100 sh. similar set on www.skidsteersolutions.com plus 2 tracks
  16. xkvator

    Florida Auctions

    Anyone going down to the equipment auctions next week? Have you been to them before? I keep saying i would like to go & just browse...:rolleyes:...wife says "yea, right!...then leave the trailer at home" A guy that i know, who sells equipment goes down...usually buys a skidloader and all...
  17. xkvator

    welding/burning fatality

    saw this in the paper this morning... KENNEDY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A 52-year-old man died after an explosion behind his home on Downs Drive in Kennedy Township on Thursday. Police said Jack Sobeck was cutting metal, probably using some type of heat source, when the heat somehow became too...
  18. xkvator

    Weather!!!

    after the rain this morning, i went to finish rolling in some modified i layed down yesterday on a long driveway... it went from nice & calm...to wind & sideways rain & thunder...and pea sized hail...to sunshine, blueskies in about a 15 min. period. Luckily for me, the pole building is...
  19. xkvator

    crane knocks out power

    crane hits powerlines...no injuries...LUCKY... http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/westmoreland/s_414252.html
  20. xkvator

    what's a Tigerotor77W?

    :beatsme I had to ask... :slomo
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