CT230 battery tray

[Parocket]

My CT 230 got a wash job last week and I found scaling and corrsion aroudn the front bottom of the hood. I opened it up and the battery had leaked all over. Mind you I have not had my tractor upside down ...

While I'm very hppy witht he tractor I have this battery leaking and a big mess in the front and the lazy hydro pedal to be corrected. I just hit 50 hours so maybe I'll have them do the service and a little warrenty work.

 

[galaxie428]

My battery did the same thing when I first had mine. It seems like a couple others had the same issue also. You could probably find the threads if you wanted to read them by searching.

I just cleaned mine up real good and repainted it. I have not had the problem since.

 

[Gittyup]

50 hours? I'd want a new battery and battery tray.

 

[tigers2007]

What brand battery was it? The batteries are installed at the dealers; its shipped from the factory in a crate without any batteries.

 

[MoKelly]

Just FYI. Th ebattery in my CT235 went out at about 15 hours. It didn't leak or anything ... it just went dead.

The dealer replaced the battery.

I am at 48 hours now and the battery is going good.

 

[vtfx4]

My battery tray is rusting from the inside out. Seems to me that the metal used contains rust and it is blowing through the paint. I called the dealer and they said to take a pic and they would see if Bobcat will cover it.

I have not checked battery for leaks, but I will.

 

[wallace]

What brand battery was it? The batteries are installed at the dealers; its shipped from the factory in a crate without any batteries.

Bobcat tractors come assembled to the dealers from Bobcat.
They also have a Bobcat branded battery in them.

 

[lilranch2001]

:ashamed:

My CT 230 got a wash job last week and I found scaling and corrsion aroudn the front bottom of the hood. I opened it up and the battery had leaked all over. Mind you I have not had my tractor upside down ...

While I'm very hppy witht he tractor I have this battery leaking and a big mess in the front and the lazy hydro pedal to be corrected. I just hit 50 hours so maybe I'll have them do the service and a little warrenty work.

Is this an older 230 or newer? Does it have many hours on it, just trying to glean a little more info from your post.

:edit: My bad, I re read your post and saw the 50 hours, it is h*ll getting old and cant read these fonts

:ashamed:

 

[ss4010]

My CT 230 got a wash job last week and I found scaling and corrsion aroudn the front bottom of the hood. I opened it up and the battery had leaked all over. Mind you I have not had my tractor upside down ...

While I'm very hppy witht he tractor I have this battery leaking and a big mess in the front and the lazy hydro pedal to be corrected. I just hit 50 hours so maybe I'll have them do the service and a little warrenty work.

I just did the 50 hour maintenance too. Same issue as you noted above... The battery acid appears to have leaked out causing corrosion around the battery tray. Pulled the caps off of the battery and checked the electrolyte level. It appears to be normal. I'm not even going to bother with the local mega-dealer. They are pretty much worthless. I'd rather do the work and pay for the new battery out of pocket than deal with them. Looks like some wire brush work, painting and a new optima yellow top battery is in my future.

Steve

 

[unclesalty]

I'm in the same boat. I have the 225. My battery just died at 11months 2 weeks. The top had a light mist of acid on it. The dealer replaced it and kinda blew me off about the battery tray. mine is very corroded and I'm a little worried about the oil cooler. Its covered in a greasy kind of crud. It didn't smell like battery acid. I had to mow so I just put the new batt back in. I will be taking it back out to clean the cooler and battery pan this weekend. I seem to recall a product that you could paint on rust that would stop the oxidation and seal it. Anyone know what its called and is it any good? It looks to be a major pain to remove the pan.