Earthforce Hydrostatic Help Please

[CamshaftLF]

the pump on the back of the hydro pump supplies power to the frt bucket and the hoe and the hydro to.. its like 13 to 15 gpm.. the hydraulic filters are in the tank we could only get are's from bobcat at 110.00 each we got two of them.. we flushed all the hoses and cly.of all the very fine cuttings of metal.. we took the tank off and flushed it out to there is a metal pick up screen in the tank u can clean that one no need to replace it... do it right the first time u cut corner with hydraulic u will be doing it again..

 

[CamshaftLF]

u can call them there very helpful ... ur pump looks like are's but the tag is different..

 

[CamshaftLF]

is the shaft coming out of pump about 1"1/8 and if I remember it's 15-13 splines something like that...

 

[Austia001]

I haven't removed the pump yet. I'll probably do that tomorrow. Supposed to rain here in SC.

 

[Austia001]

I haven't removed the pump yet. I'll probably do that tomorrow. Supposed to rain here in SC.

Ok, I pulled the pump today and have determined that the pump is made by Bondioli and Pavesi (Italian company), but fortunately there is a branch of the company in Virginia. I called the company and told the guy my model number and he said it's still in production, and that they would be able to check the pump out and diagnose it for free. He said I would have to get with my local distributor (in my case Hydradyne out of Charleston, SC) and have them send it back. I called Hydradyne and he said that they do their repairs in house. Either way sounds good to me and I am planning to send it to them tomorrow. No word yet on a price, but hopefully it wont be near as much as a new pump. I have attached some photos to this post that may help others having this same issue. My machine is a 1999 Earthforce EF-2 loader/backhoe. The pump model number is in the photos.

 

[Austia001]

 

[johnnygrey]

Does anyone Know where to get parts for an Earthforce ef1 I have google searched everywhere with no luck I have called bobcat dealers with no luck spent hours with no luck.
you guys are my last hope

 

[Austia001]

Does anyone Know where to get parts for an Earthforce ef1 I have google searched everywhere with no luck I have called bobcat dealers with no luck spent hours with no luck.
you guys are my last hope

I have an EF-2. What parts are you looking for?

 

[johnnygrey]

I am looking at a used ef1 at a pretty good price my issue is where to get parts don't want to drop good money on something if you can't get parts,
the machine seems in great shape but just like anything else if it's mechanical it will break.

 

[Austia001]

Does anyone Know where to get parts for an Earthforce ef1 I have google searched everywhere with no luck I have called bobcat dealers with no luck spent hours with no luck.
you guys are my last hope

Through my research on these pieces of equipment, they are almost exactly the same machine as a TRAILBLAZER backhoe loader. There is a guy out of Ohio that I had spoken to a while back named Greg who said he can get almost any parts needed for them. I will attach the contact info for him to this thread. Hydradyne LLC can do all of the hydraulic pump rebuilds. They didnt want to take the pump off the machine, but I removed the pump and took it to them and they were able to rebuild it and test it. So far no problems and that was a few weeks ago.