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G 'Day mine has a winch on the back, was going to take it off but i heard they were a bit front heavy so i left it on to balance it so the back don't rear up. on the power side of things, if you can get hold of a leyland 680, put that in to boost your low down. i've got a horizontal 680 which i want...

i agree with reverse being too fast, and not enough guts up hill in reverse. are these pics from your spare parts machines. do you have one running?

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nice pic's, there's one thing though that i noticed with cable blades on youtube, they would be a bit unsteady, and rock side to side a bit.making it harder to do roads on slopes. my challenger is hydraulic, but it's slow so i guess it's a early one, but it does the job.

must have been a few around, i believe Victoria had them for the roads and it seem's the army had them as well.

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Thanks for that info fred, i have a early 600 leyland from a challenger 3, and i'm looking at buying a bus with a 680, which more than likely would be a horizontal, so i want to put it in the dozer to give it a bit more low down as we live on steep country.

Thanks, as far as i know, the blocks should be the same, but sometimes manufacturers like to throw a spanner in the works by changing a few little things, that's why i was hoping someone has tried it and would know if there are any problems, if i get round to doing it i'll post it on here so others ...

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Does anyone know about changing a leyland horizontal motor to vertical one.
thanks

I fully agree, we work the machines hard, i know i do. G'day Paul, i guess cat had a few upgrades to do as well with time on their machines. have fun with your rebuild, something to do on rainy days. hey Don, are your challenger 3's going. your write up is very informative, there's not much info aro...

G'Day Lex, sounds like age getting to it, i think. mine really needs a bit of work to it as well, but it all costs money. Hope you get it going soon, like Paul said, people might be interested in a few pic's. They are a front heavey machine, thats why i leave the winch on so it can balance out. The ...

Welcome Lex, I didn't know there are so many challenger 3's around, specially in one area. Do you plan to get the other 2 going or are they for spares. Have you found them to be very reliable. Does yours have a reduction box, mine don't, so when i go in reverse it feels like i'm doing 100mph, not ni...