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by essexpete
Wed May 22, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
Topic: JCB 3C Mk3 Powertrain - Shuttle problem & Oils Needed?
Replies: 19
Views: 13689

Re: JCB 3C Mk3 Powertrain - Shuttle problem & Oils Needed?

Just to be sure, have you got the non electric shuttle lever? Did you check the oil level while idling or immediately on stop? The symptoms do sound like a problem with the forward pack as you have reverse.
by essexpete
Wed May 22, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
Topic: JCB 3c II fuel in the oil - fuel pumps?
Replies: 15
Views: 585

Re: JCB 3c II fuel in the oil - fuel pumps?

Perhaps run a little ATF through the fuel before doing anything expensive. Helps lubricate and clean. TBH I did not think it sounded too bad.
by essexpete
Fri May 17, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Excavators
Topic: Hymac Excavators
Replies: 1156
Views: 466699

Re: Hymac Excavators

Spotted in NI
by essexpete
Thu May 16, 2024 9:56 am
Forum: Heavy Haulage
Topic: Classic pictures Updated 18/05/2024
Replies: 4299
Views: 3122014

Re: Classic pictures Updated 11/05/2024

hair bear wrote:I guess that would have been a three way (ahem...) tip rather than a swivel body (oo err) type?

'the 3rd man wacked and swept up. Only had 2 men at work signs.' reminds me of a Benny Hill sketch - They wanted tree fellers, and there's only the two of us.

Yes it was a three way (titter ye not).
by essexpete
Tue May 14, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Heavy Haulage
Topic: Classic pictures Updated 18/05/2024
Replies: 4299
Views: 3122014

Re: Classic pictures Updated 11/05/2024

I reckon that Cargo could get unstable a bit quick. You must have read my mind :lol: doesn't look like one of the better ideas for tipping! Jeremy A few years ago, in France, I watched a gang of 3 laying some ducting down the side of a village road. One man on the floor, a 13 ton excavator with a f...
by essexpete
Mon May 13, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Wheel Loaders
Topic: Weatherill
Replies: 378
Views: 227399

Re: Weatherill

Coke was a by-product of coal after gas extraction, very light non dense material. The loader really looks like an adaptation of the 2H. Model.
by essexpete
Mon May 13, 2024 12:23 am
Forum: Wheel Loaders
Topic: Weatherill
Replies: 378
Views: 227399

Re: Weatherill

Never heard of a 6HL before. Odd looking arm arrangement.
by essexpete
Fri May 10, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: Excavators
Topic: Hymac 580BT 1969
Replies: 193
Views: 158285

Re: Hymac 580BT 1969

Brightening up J!
by essexpete
Mon May 06, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Heavy Haulage
Topic: Classic pictures Updated 18/05/2024
Replies: 4299
Views: 3122014

Re: Classic pictures Updated 06/05/2024

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by essexpete
Mon May 06, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: Heavy Haulage
Topic: Classic pictures Updated 18/05/2024
Replies: 4299
Views: 3122014

Re: Classic pictures Updated 06/05/2024

Was the last shot for real? :shock:

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