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Billy26F5 wrote:Nice JCB brochures there, not many of the later 2D's around, and I suspect few were used as intended.
Sandy

We used to drop off the MF 220 from the MF 203 and that worked but the JCB would be a numb old lump I reckon.

Will you put up some photos if possible?

I've gone the other way even further, my 3c3 with a 4/98 had liner issues and I had no time to dig right into it, and I got a really wrecked 3c2 with a 38dt in it. Its now in my 3c3 currently and I have the 4/98 stashed swearing to rebuild it properly one day and run it up on a dyno for a few heat ...

Staggering how those Bedford tiipers got around in the sh1t.
The photo of the AEC Marshall and the Wetherill 62B so typical of the era.

Norm, if you could find a joiner to link the first pipe in to the last one, bypassing the clamps, you might see what happens with the clamps?

Norm, if it is like the older 3C, then the lever is little more than an on off valve. I have not looked into it, but there must be a non return valve in the supply to the clamps. The line to the clamps is pressurised when other services are operated, particularly to dead end. The clamps may graduall...

I am sure the late Fred (Folwer fame) wrote some info here on CMN? Not sure how to find it.

What happened to the top rail?

Thats about AU$8,000 but a lot now will depend on year model and hours worked on the hour meter if fitted. Look up what a new one is worth probably pop your eyes out. Not sure what I did in the title. :dizzy: I saw the machine in the flesh recently, I bought a tank from the guy, not far from home. ...