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Malcolm the guy who owns the 5C that was at Welland is called Christopher Ball; I know of two other machines owned by the same person, one for parts the other for renovation, when I next see him I will ask the question about the engine cover.

Jeremy

essexpete wrote:As Julian has said plus check/change oils in track drives and slew gear box. What would be interesting to find out: are any components like drives, rollers, idlers interchangeable with any other machines.

Julian?

Jeremy

Hi Malcolm and welcome to CMN :thumbup: nice project you have there and a real classic to boot :thumbup: Although I have always been a big construction machinery fanatic since I was a kid many moons ago now and have a general all round knowledge of machines, my own purchasing experience has been int...

shamas wrote:what is a spool and a drag link ?

A spool is a control valve that lets hydraulic fluid flow to the ram in each direction as required; a drag link is usually the bit that connects the steering box or ram to the axle on the one side of a machine.

Jeremy

At last I managed to get up to my machines for the first time this year :) there is one job on the Poclain that has needed doing since I first bought it and that is the leaking dipper arm piston seal, it has gradually got worse and was dripping even when the engine was idling so it was time to get i...

Nice one Andy this does make a lot of sense especially with an old cast pad machine that tracks slowly, plus the trailer will come in useful to move other machines.

Jeremy

Hi Shane and welcome sorry I can't give you much advice but I would start by getting the hydraulic fluid pressure to each side of the steering ram measured first, daft question here but is the ram 100% straight? Just a couple of ideas to run past you.

Jeremy

Hi Ken and welcome to the forum :wave: somebody on here should be able to give you the advice you are after; have a browse through the dumper threads you may find that the information id already on here, if I remember correctly I'm sure that somebody on here posted that Thwaites themselves are very ...

essexpete wrote:As an anorak I just need to point out that the 700 in these photos was a Torque Convertor model. The Bedford looked very tidy.

It's good that people do have anorak knowledge like this Pete

Jeremy

Mark, sadly I don't think many manufacturers listen to what their customers ask for :thumbdown: however the upside is that from some of the models that I have recently seen (but not bought) do have some fantastic detail on them and are better than many of their predecessors, so there is always hope ...