crane operator
Senior Member
Take pictures of what you are missing and where, I have no idea if the housing you are talking about missing a plug in, is a wet or dry housing, but someone here will know.
More than likely there wasn’t a plug in the bellhousing from factory. If you put it be in you need to drill a hole in center of it and put a cotter key in the hole, that way you’ll know if you develop a leak.Oof, I didn’t realize that!
Honestly I have no idea if it has fluid. When he dropped it off to me, he showed me how to check engine oil and hydraulic fluid. I have been reading the service manual and discovered there is A LOT more to it than just checking engine and hydraulic oil, I doubt he’s ever checked the shuttle level as there’s no dipstick. I’d be really surprised if it was low, I’ve put probably 20 hours on it in the last two months and it drives with no issue. I’m doing my best to go over it with a fine tooth comb and address any glaring issues I find. From what I read last night, that bell housing plug that’s missing is not required and many people opt to leave it off. I’d prefer to replace it, so dust and dirt can’t get in the bell housing.
Check voltage output on alt.Ok from what I’ve read online, it’s a dry bellhousing. I also read that a lot of them came without it. Just seems like a wild idea, it’s a 1 inch hole open for dirt to fly in. I guess it must not be that big of a deal.
I should be going out to the property today. I’ll take lots of pictures of the issues I’ve discovered. I appreciate all of your help, this is the first backhoe I’ve ever used or worked on. My father in law doesn’t know much about it so I’m trying to help him out for letting me use it.
I replaced the belt the other day. What a nightmare. I’ve done a lot of difficult jobs in trucks before, but this one definitely tested me!! Those four bolts on the pump flange were so difficult to get to. About 3 hours to loosen to slide the new belt in and retighten four bolts. My arm is wrecked haha
I’m having battery issues too. When I parked it the other day the battery was literally smoking. It’s getting extremely hot. Ground straps look ok but I need to follow the positive to make sure there’s no exposed wire. I do suspect he put in a battery that’s way too small, I haven’t checked yet but I don’t even think it’s a deep cycle. It looks like a standard car battery.
Any idea why the manual calls for a deep cycle? Doesn’t seem to make any sense. I know these came with some lighting, but all the lights have been removed on mine. There is no good reason I need a deep cycle. I’ll try this one I bought and see how it does.Polarity reversed somewhere in the wiring ?
Is the alternator charging at stupid high rate ?
Is the battery boiled dry form over charging ?
Deep cycle batteries are for trolling motors on boats.
Ok thank you, I’ll check my local Napa when I get off work.The grease fittings on cylinders and arms are 1/8th inch pie and the ones on loader linkage may be 3/16th inch. Auto parts store should have them in a kit.