My slightly nicer but also terrible Bobcat (742B)

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

I got some expanded steel to put a guard in the louvers:

Much better.

I also tightened up the preload on the throttle lever, I thought it needed a new spring but I just tried cranking the nut in a bit more first, now the throttle stays put regardless of where it is. There's still a spring missing off the carb but eh. And I managed to adjust the parking brake so it holds it, the procedure seems super confusing but I decided that you can probably just turn it in and as long as there is free play with it off it must be okay.

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

Got a cheapish new seat from Vevor. Seems pretty nice. Was almost bolt in, just had to drill 2 new holes a bit farther back for the rear bolts.

Edit, and I found some random GM seatbelts in the shed and put them in. I'm not a huge safety guy, and it doesn't matter a ton with these machines since it has the lap bar, but it annoyed me that it had seatbelts in it that didn't have the right ends on them to clip them together.

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

I tracked down a Chicom water pump that is listed as crossing to the OEM Bobcat P/N, these are new to the market as obviously there is some demand for a waterpump that isn't $600 USD. The retailer is Jeenda Controls Co, seemed sketchy but I went for it in the name of science, and it is listed under the P/N 6632822. It was still a bit pricey at about $200 CAD, but since that was still way less than OEM, with no sign that they may even be making them still, I figured it was a fair deal.

Of course shortly after they shipped it I was informed that the correct Dodge Colt waterpump is from a 1978 with the 1.6L, so they did not in fact make one specific for the industrial engine. Rockauto had a Dayco DP1182 for just over 21 loonies. There was still a few other options in stock too.

They do look correct. Have not bothered to install them.

Jeenda left, Dayco right. I will probably never need both of them, but so be it.