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Louis glad you finally got the head off :thumbup: it's hard to see from the photos but apart from being a bit coked up it doesn't look so bad, so long as there are no score marks on the cylinder bores indicating a seizure, carefully turn the engine over by hand to see each bore. Can you see any area...

Louis your first port of call with the head is to double check that you have all the bolts/nuts which secure it removed; although I am not familiar with this engine by experience of working on other engines, the cylinder head can sometimes be stuck, I generally used the handle part of my 1/2" d...

I wonder if the D Doyle Heavy Haulage ERF was the same company as Danny Doyle Demolition?

Jeremy

Very impressive Andy Is this the same kit that was the Airfix one?

Jeremy

hair bear wrote:Clever how they've made it look like the Matchbox dozer.

As a kid I had the Matchbox Taylor Woodrow set, the Ford 'D' series truck, low-loader and Case bulldozer and the O&K MH6 and then later the Traxcavator, how I wish they'd made more construction models.

Jeremy

Nice one Steve :thumbup: I didn't realise that Hy-mac had made a high cab Bogmaster version of the 141B :thumbup: Jeremy So were the early 141 hymacs still in the green livery? Yes Pete a lot of 121 and 141 machines appeared in the old Hy-mac livery; I always thought that any company that changes l...

Nice one Steve I didn't realise that Hy-mac had made a high cab Bogmaster version of the 141B

Jeremy

Well, I figured ten days should prolly have been enough time to get someone that could answer these seemingly fairly simple questions. I didn't realize when I posted that there aren't that many folks that use this forum any longer. I did figure out that the white lever next to the loader lever and ...

Thanks Angus yes I have seen an engine tappets set with it running, can't think what it was now but that brings back memories.

Jeremy

Some nice oldies there Steve the first lot of photos, the second but last photo, the machine is a Poclain TCS.

Jeremy