Skidsteer making me nuts

[isawlogs]

 Oh , I am darn happy ya got her fixed up 

[IMERC]

you know they would never admit they were wrong and would have covered their tracks...

[easymoney]

i bet if you had had the dealer to replace the engine he would not have told you when he found what was really the problem. i was talking to a fellow that ran a garage and wrecker service one day he told about a fellow that called him for a tow one day said the transmission had gone out on his car. when he checked the car he said he found a transmission cooler line broken. he replaced it and filled the transmission with fluid and the car ran fine. he charged the customer for a transmission rebuild. the customer said that the transmission worked much better than the old one.

[Woodchuck53]

Hey Cheyenne, I've been reading the post on electrical problems and really enjoyed yours. I go home tomorrow and plan on removing all the fittings and terminals again and checking for hidden corrosion. Then crossing the fingers and hitting the key again. Will post when I get back and tell all what I find so maybe it will help us less mechanical. Chuck

[James P.]

 What was just rebuilt ?? Can you get it to turn by other means, to be sure it's not bound up

ok I find it hard to believe that a mechanic would say an engine is seized without actually trying to turn the motor over by hand. Unless you think they were just trying to sell you a motor. well glad you figured it out.

[Woodchuck53]

Hey Cheyenne, I fixed mine also. Bought a $4.00 condenser on the way home, rechecked the gap on the plugs and points and it fired right up. Is this a great Forum or what? I have a couple more issuses with it but all in all it is a strong machine and will do what I need. The price was right and over this winter I will tweek it up a little and try to get some paint on it too. Glad you got yours running. Hope this helps others. Chuck

[metalspinner]

I just went therought his same thing last week with a 70's era Mustang skid steer.  For days we were searching for the problem.  It turned out to be the safety switch in the seatbelt.   Very frustrating.