Posted: 9/9/2010 4:39:59 AM EDT
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Can anyone point me to an operators manual for the S185 turbo Bobcat? Dealer cost is $180.00 OUCH! |
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Can anyone point me to an operators manual for the S185 turbo Bobcat? Dealer cost is $180.00 OUCH! Google is your friend. I just found it here as a download for $50. I spent about 30 seconds searching via google. http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/9343635-bobcat-s175-s185-turbo-workshop-service-repair |
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I drove my first Bobcat at 9. Yes a real one. My dad is self employed pouring concrete, and we've had Bobcats for about 18 years now, i've never once pulled the manual out from behind the seat  There was a sticker inside rear door with scheduled maintenance items and such... |
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I drove my first Bobcat at 9. Yes a real one. My dad is self employed pouring concrete, and we've had Bobcats for about 18 years now, i've never once pulled the manual out from behind the seat
There was a sticker inside rear door with scheduled maintenance items and such... this |
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Quoted: Quoted: Can anyone point me to an operators manual for the S185 turbo Bobcat? Dealer cost is $180.00 OUCH! Google is your friend. I just found it here as a download for $50. I spent about 30 seconds searching via google. http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/9343635-bobcat-s175-s185-turbo-workshop-service-repair Thanks. I found that too but it's a repair manual. I was looking for the operators manual. |
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Quoted: I drove my first Bobcat at 9. Yes a real one. My dad is self employed pouring concrete, and we've had Bobcats for about 18 years now, i've never once pulled the manual out from behind the seat There was a sticker inside rear door with scheduled maintenance items and such... I was on for the first time a couple of weeks ago and can operate the the bucket and such fine but all of the little switches on the controls don't mean much. What are the switches on the backside of the grips? I'm glad the code manual was back there. The thing started beeping and I lost hydraulic controls. If I didn't have the code reference I would have never known that 3-09 and 3-14 were referencing low system voltage. |
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Just start flipping them and see what happens. Mine is old and simple. The only extra thing I have that I don't use is the left arm tilts in to run the aux hydraulic line.
ETA: just go into the dealership, point to the switches on a floor model and say "What do those do?" Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Will this work?
$30 http://www.manuals.us/bobcats185skidsteerloaderoperators.aspx |
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There you go! Can you find me a free one?  |
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Quoted: What are the switches on the backside of the grips? Most of them do nothing unless you have an attachment and the auxilary control package. The grips are standard, as is the standard on-off hydraulic connections for attachments like backhoes (with the second seat out front with controls) or jackhammers. Some attachments allow the operator inside to control all the functions, hence the extra doodads on the controls... |
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There you go! Can you find me a free one?
Changing the requirements on me? $30 is a lot better then $180. |
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Quoted: I've been on Bobcats for 20yrs, what do you need to know? Brian I'm hooking up a post hole digger, Lowe 750 (came with no manual either) and I need to know about that. I know the up and down but what starts the rotation? Is there any other controls other than forward/reverse, up/down? |
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Quoted: Quoted: There you go! Can you find me a free one? Changing the requirements on me? $30 is a lot better then $180. I know. I'm cheap. I'd rather get a couple of PMAGS though. I just thought I'd ask if anyone had one. There are some crafty people here. |
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There you go! Can you find me a free one?
Changing the requirements on me? $30 is a lot better then $180. I know. I'm cheap. I'd rather get a couple of PMAGS though. I just thought I'd ask if anyone had one. There are some crafty people here.
Are you asking for a pirated copy? That is illegal. |
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Sometimes there is one pair of hydraulic hookups, sometimes there are two pairs. When there are two pairs, somtimes one is high pressure, the other is standard. For a post hole auger just connect male to female and female to male on the boom or closest to the boom. One trigger or button will be forward, the other will be reverse. Its pretty simple but be carefull. A hydro connection thats loose can pop off under pressure and cause the boom to drop. Lots of people get maimed or killed on skid steer loaders. I know a guy that lost his leg and another that almost lost a finger. |
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Quoted: It's two handles.... And a couple switches. I am going to guess that "what starts it turning" would be to turn on the auxilary hydraulic outlet.  A couple of switches? Right and left trigger, and then three per each thumb. That's nine different doo dads to mess with plus forward/reverse and up/down controls. It's like a damn video game. |
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Quoted: Make sure you save before trying anything then. Quoted: It's two handles.... And a couple switches. I am going to guess that "what starts it turning" would be to turn on the auxilary hydraulic outlet. A couple of switches? Right and left trigger, and then three per each thumb. That's nine different doo dads to mess with plus forward/reverse and up/down controls. It's like a damn video game. |
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It's two handles.... And a couple switches. I am going to guess that "what starts it turning" would be to turn on the auxilary hydraulic outlet. A couple of switches? Right and left trigger, and then three per each thumb. That's nine different doo dads to mess with plus forward/reverse and up/down controls. It's like a damn video game. Its for switching from guns to missles. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Your talking about the manual printed on fiberblass sheets behind the seat right??
If so I just looked through mine, and there's nothing in there about auxilary hydrolic controls. But if you just run a bucket you don't need to worry about what they do. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Quoted: Your talking about the manual printed on fiberblass sheets behind the seat right?? If so I just looked through mine, and there's nothing in there about auxilary hydrolic controls. But if you just run a bucket you don't need to worry about what they do. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I'm hooking up an auger. As someone stated above, the right trigger rotates the auger clockwise and left is counter clockwise right? |
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Your talking about the manual printed on fiberblass sheets behind the seat right?? If so I just looked through mine, and there's nothing in there about auxilary hydrolic controls. But if you just run a bucket you don't need to worry about what they do. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I'm hooking up an auger. As someone stated above, the right trigger rotates the auger clockwise and left is counter clockwise right? Pretty sure our auger only goes 1 way. But yeah hook it up, then pick hydro flow rate. Then one of the triggers has to poked to arm it (can't think of the right word) then the other trigger engages/disengages it. Ill check for sure when I go back to the shop in a hour or so. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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It's two handles.... And a couple switches. I am going to guess that "what starts it turning" would be to turn on the auxilary hydraulic outlet. A couple of switches? Right and left trigger, and then three per each thumb. That's nine different doo dads to mess with plus forward/reverse and up/down controls. It's like a damn video game. Well, then go play.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Your talking about the manual printed on fiberblass sheets behind the seat right?? If so I just looked through mine, and there's nothing in there about auxilary hydrolic controls. But if you just run a bucket you don't need to worry about what they do. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I'm hooking up an auger. As someone stated above, the right trigger rotates the auger clockwise and left is counter clockwise right? Pretty sure our auger only goes 1 way. But yeah hook it up, then pick hydro flow rate. Then one of the triggers has to poked to arm it (can't think of the right word) then the other trigger engages/disengages it. Ill check for sure when I go back to the shop in a hour or so. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Thank you sir! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: It's two handles.... And a couple switches. I am going to guess that "what starts it turning" would be to turn on the auxilary hydraulic outlet. A couple of switches? Right and left trigger, and then three per each thumb. That's nine different doo dads to mess with plus forward/reverse and up/down controls. It's like a damn video game. Well, then go play. Believe me, I have been! |
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It has extra buttons because people like different control setups on their skid steers. Some like directionals with the sticks, and bucket controls with foot pedals. Some like one stick is directionals, one stick is bucket, foot1 is throttle, foot2 is aux. Some like both sticks are directions when pushed front or rear(one is left wheels, one is right wheels), both sticks are bucket(one is lift, one is curl) when pushed left or right. feet are throttle and aux. Some skids have float, which is automatic drop of the bucket and it follows grade, with the push of a button. And some have 2 sets of aux hydraulics. Some also have a horn (honk honk)on the stick. I know that on new holland and case skids you can have any of these setups. I like the ones with AC and cd players. ETA: The auger has reverse. All the hydraulics on a skid steer have forward and reverse. |
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Quoted: Quoted: It's two handles.... And a couple switches. I am going to guess that "what starts it turning" would be to turn on the auxilary hydraulic outlet. A couple of switches? Right and left trigger, and then three per each thumb. That's nine different doo dads to mess with plus forward/reverse and up/down controls. It's like a damn video game. Make sure you get some video to put up on YouTube, and that you have 911 pre programmed into your cell... |
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Just got back, yeah its the right hand trigger and the middle toggle switch.
If you ever have problem poke run/enter then your password, then the second button from top. Find the loader features button then after that it has a atachment button, and in there it has the button setups for every attachments you can imagine. Hope that was semi clear. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |