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For sale is our manual JCB 3C Mk2. We bought the machine in early 2012 for our demolition and self build project which is nearing the end (much to my wife’s pleasure)! The good... 4 in 1 loader with pallet forks full suite of buckets (12", 16", 24", 36" 48") New bucket ram N...

Hi folks, my Mk2 round red dash light is not illuminating when the ignition is switched on ( it would normally go out once the engine is cranking).
Is this the battery charge light or oil pressure light?
Cheers
Y

Thanks for the replies fellas

My battery has finally given up the ghost. Can any of you good folk recommend a suitable battery for the old girl?

Thanks,
Yozza

Hi folks, I've just seen the post http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10329 and reminded me of the pool of oil sat below my rear wheels :shock: Do any of you know the nut size holding the half shafts? Do the half shafts easily remove or would they need jacking out? In fact,...

Thanks for the answer. Sounds like a biggish job, I'll keep toping up the gearbox oil.

Cheers,
Yozza

Hi folks, My rear axle seals leak like a good un, just had to put 2 gallons of oil back in the box :shock: Do any of you knowledgeable folk know if I can get away with taking the rear wheels off and replacing the seals with no serious dismantling? If so, are these seals listed on fleabay the correct...

I've been caught out by a dicky fuel gauge. Bled everywhere I can think of and no joy until I remembered there is a bleed on the pump itself. Once the pump is bled she fired like a good un.

Hi folks, I am trying to understand the hydraulic circuit that supplys the pilot oil. Please see attached schematic, the pilot oil valve (E21H) has what appears to be a feed into P1 and P2 from the main valve block regulators supplied by 2 of the hydraulic pumps. (see the pilot oil valve in pel job ...

Ay up folks, My builder has a Pel Job mini digger but he as issues with the the hydraulics served by the the servo controls. The blade and tracks respond as soon as the digger starts, but the servo controls take a minute or so before they move the dipper, boom, bucket. Any ideas where the problem ma...