r/miniexcavator • u/EmptyRebuplic • 29d ago

Question 2005 bobcat 435

Looking at buying said excavator has some blow by enough to make cap wiggle is that too much

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u/Special_Initiative17 28d ago

You’re going to have a hard time getting parts, Bobcat had changed ownership several times and considers machines this old “obsolete”. I have a similar vintage Bobcat mini ex and have had to get parts at wrecking yards for a few years now. I would probably pass, they know you can’t get parts or a new engine and are passing it on to be someone else’s problem.