It doesn’t matter that it didn’t work, and you had to fabricate a little more. What counts my dude is the fact that you actually went in and did the fabrication yourself that’s bad ass. I admire that.
My dad [aquired] an old 90's bobcat for me to mess with, now everytime i see a sub $500 wreck on marketplace i need to buy it, its an addiction now, be careful. Good on you, mate.
The rope on your pull start should be about 4’ , that will give you a little bit more than full pull of your arm. I usually wind the spring to the tightest position then back it off to where it aligns with the hole in the cover. Then I attach the rope to the pulley and allow it to pull the rope to where the spring is at rest. Then, pull the rope out enough to add enough tension to pull the rope in by itself, mark the rope length where it should be cut, stick a screwdriver through the slots in the cover and the pulley to keep it from pulling the rope, cut the rope, add handle, remove screwdriver and test the tension before reinstalling to machine.
Great idea to heat. Gun the black plastic. To make the paint shiny get out the wax! I keep a bottle of spray detail wax in the truck. Just dont let anyone see ya doing it. They'll give you a good ribbing😅. Before you need it for a power outage get yourself set up with a exhaust port thru the shop wall. With two feet of subzero snow on the ground draging it outside will suck. Keep up the good job.
What I found really interesting early on in the video was where he pulled the spark plug to scope it and check the cylinders! Although I’m not a engine mechanic, I’ve still never seen this-brilliant idea for when you’re out at an auction in person testing stuff!
I used to run the wildcat we had at the junkyard I worked at. Everyone else would try and fight over the trailblazer but I would always call dibs on the wildcat. I thought it actually welded better than the trailblazer. We had ours on a skid and moved it around with a skid loader.
Benjamine- you did a great job cleaning up this Miller wildcat. My friend has same, there is a carb problem , basically the float will not do it's job. Have searched Amazon for replacement, problem now is matching all the choices. Your choice on the Wildcat had to be spot on, any chance you can share the info on the exact carb you found>. Many thanks. many years outdoors on 2 wheels. g
just a tip for you, as i run a smaller mig welder off my bobcat a ton when im chasing docks and doing alot of aluminum welding. if youre ever in a position of needing extension cords go 10 gauge and thicker. anything else youll be running back to the welderator flipping breakers
oh and run it off of 220 as much as possible from the welderator if your small machine allow you to switch between 110 and 220. much more conistent and easier running
@@joeperez6280 Awesome!! I have to go over mine and do some restoration but I love it. I am a big fan of the opposed twin engines. I am in Pennsylvania where are you from?
I've ran my welding machines to 6000 hrs in usually 6-7 yrs doing pipeline. when I sold them they actually looked new compared to your unit that unfortunately was never properly taken care of and maintained as it should have been.
You need to have it in run not idle when you hook up the mig or run your house so the volts are up to 120. You did a good job on it. I was worried the cover wouldn’t go on when you welded the exhaust pipe to the muffler.
You don’t have instant 120 voltage or 60 hz if it’s in idle and it has to rev up to 3600 rpm to get to 120 volts or 60 hz. When your in idle your at 38 hz or 2300 rpm. It’s fine for grinders and such but I wouldn’t start a welder or my house electronics in idle. Do big deal I would just be careful with electronics starting at that low voltage.
Cool.. I need info on the carburetor you got for it if you still have it... I have a miller wildcat 200.. I just need where you got carb... also cool video
So you have had this for a while is it reliable, how has the engine held up. Im in the process of buying one of these and i want to know if the engine is a reliable. I have a Subaru engine on a generator and although its not the same engine it has been pretty reliable.
Good for most things but don’t power sensitive electronics like smart tvs or cell phones on it. The harmonics aren’t smooth enough and will burn them up.
Have a wildcat for 5 years now came with a good battery first winter it died been using pullstart ever since. Also replaced the pull start rope with paracord so I dont have to worry about breaking it all the time.
Love it! Considering all the different processes it does it’s hard to beat! I have a everlast and love it too but I’ve used the mig and plasma cutter a lot!
Too bad it wasent diesel with ethanol problem is every time you need generate power are carburetor is pluged up id rebuild the oem carb it will run alot beter
I know I don’t like to buy Chinese either but there’s literally no options for this Subaru motor, I couldn’t find any rebuild kits, No one shops could find the rebuild kits and the complete oem carb was like a $200 or something high which i was definitely not going to spend.
They are discontinued, and they didn’t make a lot of them compared to their bobcat brother. I also have never seen one on any work truck or ever in my life Before this one.
