Parts problems

[RobfromManitoba]

You might try sourcing your parts from Bobcat. the DK50SE is also a Bobcat CT450. I just did a bunch of engine work on mine and the longest it took to get a part was 4 days. And there was a bunch of weird stuff... One note. If you try to order parts online, it says the parts are not found or available. It's just that they don't have the catalog loaded for their online store. Just call a dealer with your p/n's and they can verify what's on hand at the warehouse. Click link below to access the catalog to look up p/n's.
bobcatpartsonline.com

I have a BobCat CT450 and have the opposite issue. Bobcat isn't interested in getting parts so I used your reference to the Kioti DK50SE and found essentially identical parts diagrams and reference numbers for the right cab door and front grill assembly, both of which are damaged on the used one I just bought. Kioti has them, Bobcat tells me at least one of the grill components is no longer made. BobCat can't guess at the door glass delivery, Kioti has them in stock. The Kioti parts guy at my local dealership cautioned me that the BobCat CT450 isn't necessarily a patched over/white Kioti DK50SE, but they sure look the same, even the bonnet lines and shapes of grill pieces, so I took a $1800 chance (Canadian). I would like to confirm that my tractor (S/N ABHM11599, engine No. 800328, 09/10/15 (that is year/month/day, correct?) will take the filters with Kioti part numbers for the DK50SE. I don't see why not but saw a reference to potentially different engines. I can't actually find a table with BobCat part numbers beside their equivalent Kioti part numbers for oil filters and hydraulic fluid and hydrostatic filters in my searching, though the hydrostatic filters converge via other aftermarket brands like Baldwin and Wixx. Care to weigh in?

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Have you tried figuring it out using a Baldwin or Wix site. I took the filters, for my TYM, blew them down with a couple of cans of brake cleaner to get the oil and crud, off and out.

Then went to the local NAPA, and and with a set of calipers we cross referenced them to some Wix filters. If you decide to try that, go in Wednesday or Thursday between 1330 and 1500, when they have a bit of slack time. It will take some time, and they really don’t have it during the busy periods.

I will admit my local NAPA is in a very remote, rural place, with a lot of people trying to keep a large assortment of strange stuff working, from farm implements and tractors, to old mining equipment, and small saw mills. So, they are a lot more flexible, than the ones in small towns.

 

[RobfromManitoba]

Have you tried figuring it out using a Baldwin or Wix site. I took the filters, for my TYM, blew them down with a couple of cans of brake cleaner to get the oil and crud, off and out.

Then went to the local NAPA, and and with a set of calipers we cross referenced them to some Wix filters. If you decide to try that, go in Wednesday or Thursday between 1330 and 1500, when they have a bit of slack time. It will take some time, and they really don’t have it during the busy periods.

I will admit my local NAPA is in a very remote, rural place, with a lot of people trying to keep a large assortment of strange stuff working, from farm implements and tractors, to old mining equipment, and small saw mills. So, they are a lot more flexible, than the ones in small towns.

Thanks. I did some more sleuthing last night and after a few cross match attempts, am now sure of what I need. Reading the thread was really helpful.