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i want to make a couple of attachments for my sumitomo excavator both require hydraulic pressure, i was thinking i could just tee of the ram that works the knuckle boom with a valved t fitting that isolates the ram on the boom and then feeds the attachment instead , if it was a jcb i would expect th...

i found them, just having a look on their website now, i need to go get my serial number

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Andy have you tried Vicary Plant? Thet are very helpful.

Jeremy

i havent, where do i find them google ?

essexpete wrote:Are the suction hoses a large diameter with a formed bend/elbow?

hi
i will get some pics, but yes basically 2 straight hoses about 5" long 1 3/4 " dia and the 3rd is slightly bigger with a slight angle on one end

essexpete wrote:Looks like a 6.354 with the vertical injector pump. There were variations of sumps and rocker covers with different ages and specs.

thank you, i will go back to the starter refurber armed with that information

i might as well post a couple of pics of this too i guess i used this to dig a lake some 15 years ago but unfortunately it threw a rod out the side of the block and set the engine bay on fire however i soon put the fire out as i was sitting in a lake lol and to my surprise it restarted and drove out...

amongst my collection i have a 6D which use to belong to british rail i guess for loading ballast in a goods yard at Danzy Green, i bought it years ago with very low hours, it started from its slumber of over 20 years relatively easy and was low loaded back to my yard where it went back to sleep for...

hi guys i will keep you posted about the pecker results, i am pretty sure it will knock them out with ease having used it to punch in 8" diameter posts into dry ground before and it never even murmured, just punched them in with no fuss, however it is my pals and his machine and i cant expect h...

essexpete wrote:Is the old 5 a long reach version? I notice the dipper ram is underneath.

Hi Pete
yes its a long reach a real old dinosaur but one hell of a reach, it spent most of its early life dipping in and out of the Thames with the Thames conservancy

Andy

Hi Andy, my best suggestion in trying to remove the pins is a lot of heat from an oxy/acetylene torch, if that fails then they may have to be lanced out, if you can borrow another machine with a pecker, then heat and try pecking them out, it could put more force on the pins than you with a sledgeha...