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Thanks Agrimax and Fred

Jeremy

Hi Craig and welcome :wave: I take it this is the Ford 4 cylinder engine? I have the 6 cylinder Ford on my 580BT she will start without the cold start button when she's warm but when I first bought her she would not start without the cold start button pushed in; I have put this down to the digger st...

Andy there should always be a gap for the grease to lubricate the bushes; the bushes should be tight enough in their bores so as not to move when the pin is knocked in, the pin should be a nice slide fit into the bushes, sometimes it helps to grind a small 'lead in' onto the end of the pins, I used ...

Is this what you mean by reaming Jeremy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2YSkVzb7s Do you mean reaming the surface inside the cylinder ear where the bush is to fit? Yes Andy that's what I mean; because the bush is an interference fit then it may close up slightly when fitted thus preventing the p...

Thanks for your input Jeremy. Yes yes i have understood that they changed part from time to time. I think i will try to get someone to turn them down for me. As you said the tolerance is important. I want them to fit tight :thumbup: Measure the inside of the ram bores where the bushes are to fit yo...

Andy; firstly yes they can be turned down to fit just make sure you get a nice interference fit; when I get up to my machine I will measure the bushes on it and on the newly reconditioned rams that I intend to fit, the problem that I have is that the part where the pins fit into the actual frame loo...

Thanks Jorg the Fratelli trike dumper is rather unusual can't imagine that three wheelers would be very stable over a rough building site.

Jeremy

Hi Mark and welcome I am sure somebody on here will be able to offer you some good advice on your JCB 3D

Jeremy

Hi Sandy and welcome to the site :wave: that is a nice little but rare machine that you have there I have only seen one of these machines in the flesh and that was being used on grave digging duties; I would imagine that the small company who make these would not have a high production capacity henc...

The next thing i have i plan for my excavator before spring is to replace the very worn lover bushings on the rams lifting the boom. But the weather does everything to ruin my plans :| 20190212_142455.jpg20190212_142407.jpg http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/download/file.php?id=52892&t=1 ht...