Grampa give Rick Wallace a call. He knows Kioti's inside and out(sold them for years) and he can answer all your questions. $765 shipped is one heck of a good deal.
Hi all,
If you have read this thread from the beginning you will see that this was a very tring and long ordeal. But it did work out for the good. I am the one that posted this thread and these are my conclusions.
1. This is one of the best tractor forums out there.
2. Scott has a lot of knowledge and without his help we would never have been able to do the fix ourselves and had a happy ending.(fixed with no problems)
3. Wallace tractor is the place to buy your new (bobcat)IP pumps from. They are a wonderful dealership that really does care about helping people. Just wish they were closer. Thanks so much rick and anthony.
4. Kioti management needs a lot of help. They not only do not know how to talk to owners with problems they act like they do not care. This will really affect any future purchase decisions.
5. Every one else on this site has been very helpful also and i really appreciate anyone who helped with this problem.
6. If you own a 2006 kioti and you shut off and tractor will not restart, do the above steps scott gave and you should be able to at least determine if it is your IP pump.
UPDATE: We ordered a new bobcat IP pump on 8-30-12 from Wallace tractor and eq. at $320.00 dollars less than what we could have purchased from kioti. We received it UPS on 9-4-12. This also happened to be the day my husband and I started working on his mom's house. It needed repairs and painting and the job took much longer than we thought.
Today 10-12-12 was the first day we had to try to put the new IP on. We started about 1:30 and finished at 5:30. This four hour job may have only needed to be a 2 hr job, but we were taking our time and making sure we didnt get any dirt in anything. After putting new pump and a new two dollar SS guide (recommended by Wallace) in, we then proceeded to put all the other parts back on. Then we bled the system using the procedure for changing the fuel filter. Before hooking back up the throttle cables we turned key to on and watched through the oil fill cover to observe the movement of the IP rack. It worked just like it is suppose to (move to right when key is in on position and to the left when key turned off). We cranked about five times for 3 to 4 seconds and nothing. We then cranked two more times about 7 to 8 seconds and it fired up. Boy were we happy. We let it idle about 5 to 10 minutes then took it for a test run and husband said everything seemed normal.
Before starting any work putting new IP pump on, we changed the oil and oil filter in case any metal in oil from broken teeth on old IP.(Wallace sent us a free bobcat oil filter with our order. I call that really nice and a dealership that understands good PR. Your the best Wallace tractor and equipment. Keep up the good work.)
Hope this will encourage anyone out there having the same problem.
Again thanks to all who have helped.
sherrym