hi all, I own two 2003 s185 bobcats. both have been flawless to date. This storm my operator was piling snow and suddenly the bucket dumped and he lost bucket curl/dump, auxiliary controls and boom lower. Boom lift was never compromised. He called and i went to check it out and verified what he had told me. suddenly everything came back but the curl was drifting so bad the plow would hit the ground in maybe ten seconds from full curl. Have you guys heard of a machine doing this before? Im all ears! Thanks! Brian
I'd check the solenoids, on the safety system, and any others, in the hyd system, if so equipped. when they go, things get weird, quick.
Thanks for the reply. I assume i should be checking the wiring going to them for corrosion,breaks etc as well. make sure the solenoids are magnetizing etc?
if you are moving snow the snow will get on the solenoids and turn to water and then electrical current can do weird things warm it up and dry it off we had 2 go down Sunday am when it was -32 one a broken belt and the other wet solenoids
Thanks for the reply. im still waiting for the machine to arrive at my shop. the solenoids are under the cab correct?
yes