Brilliant update, Thankyou.
I had some experience of the Deutz 5 pot engine in a Cat 211 in the early 90's, in the 3 years I had that machine, it never lost the drive belt for the cooling fan, so hopefully with the fitment of the genuine belts, that issue should be solved for you. Interesting to see Poclain taking drive from that end of the engine, on the Cat the pump was on the other(flywheel) end. Wonder why Poclain decided to do it that way, (or possibly a French idiosyncracy, similar to Citroen with some of their earlier cars.)
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Hugh Jaleak wrote:Brilliant update, Thankyou.
I had some experience of the Deutz 5 pot engine in a Cat 211 in the early 90's, in the 3 years I had that machine, it never lost the drive belt for the cooling fan, so hopefully with the fitment of the genuine belts, that issue should be solved for you. Interesting to see Poclain taking drive from that end of the engine, on the Cat the pump was on the other(flywheel) end. Wonder why Poclain decided to do it that way, (or possibly a French idiosyncracy, similar to Citroen with some of their earlier cars.)
According to a friend of mine Poclain use the flywheel end of the engine for the transmission on their wheeled excavators; just makes these machines a little harder to change the drive belts when the time comes.
Must say I have missed going up there during this current lockdown but if needs must then the sooner we beat this pandemic the better for all of us.
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I finally managed to get up there since this last lockdown began; the machines have not run for the last 3 months now, thankfully both started easily. There was some work for the Poclain too, Andrew had a pile of rubble mixed with thorns and bits of wood that he wanted buried so I set about the task of digging a suitable hole to put it in.
Neil Crossley and Phil Peacock also got a go in the Poclain, the first time she has been used since Andrew's last working event which was over a year ago now, I hope I can pick up the pace again and get stuck in to get the rest of the work done on it, she's not a bad machine for her age.
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Neil Crossley and Phil Peacock also got a go in the Poclain, the first time she has been used since Andrew's last working event which was over a year ago now, I hope I can pick up the pace again and get stuck in to get the rest of the work done on it, she's not a bad machine for her age.
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Here's a small clip of Neil Crossley at the controls of the Poclain from my last visit two weeks ago;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3YE3q8t3Hg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3YE3q8t3Hg
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I was unable to make it up there last week due to circumstances beyond my control; however today I got back up there and managed to get my motivation going again, so the next on the list was the top of the left hand bonnet cover. Like the right hand one this one was rotted with holes in it and so a similar repair was made, my thanks to Tony who does some bits 'n' bobs for Andrew, and who MIG welded the steel plates for me. Although it's now repaired and looking like a patchwork quilt, I still need to get some top coat paint onto this cover, hopefully on my next visit.
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Taking advantage of the good weather is a must when working outside on machinery especially when you are tackling bodywork; I have never made any secret that I am crap at bodywork and electrics although to a degree I will attempt to tackle either issue on any machine unless I'm out my depth, so yesterday I took on one of the jobs I had been dreading with this machine, the rotten cab back, plus a general tidy up of the rest of the cab.
After removing the rust and finding the edge around the screen was rotted away with holes and a double skin, after taking advice I took the inevitable step of removing the cab back window which could only be done by cutting the old screen rubber. With the screen removed the double skin metalwork around it is solid enough, I cleaned off the rust and measured up a new piece of steel plate and cut it to size using a slitting disc. This will hopefully be welded in next week by Tony Wilson; he suggested cutting the window out after the plate has been welded into position to prevent distortion of the metal, at the same time the rest of the rotten metal can be carefully cut out, what is left of it will be used to mark out where the window will fit, well that is the plan anyway. I did give everything a coat of primer before I left the machine as I did not fancy finding it all red rusty at my next visit, it will only need a small amount removing to permit the plate to be welded in. I also touched up part of the cab door and sides.
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After removing the rust and finding the edge around the screen was rotted away with holes and a double skin, after taking advice I took the inevitable step of removing the cab back window which could only be done by cutting the old screen rubber. With the screen removed the double skin metalwork around it is solid enough, I cleaned off the rust and measured up a new piece of steel plate and cut it to size using a slitting disc. This will hopefully be welded in next week by Tony Wilson; he suggested cutting the window out after the plate has been welded into position to prevent distortion of the metal, at the same time the rest of the rotten metal can be carefully cut out, what is left of it will be used to mark out where the window will fit, well that is the plan anyway. I did give everything a coat of primer before I left the machine as I did not fancy finding it all red rusty at my next visit, it will only need a small amount removing to permit the plate to be welded in. I also touched up part of the cab door and sides.
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Just a quick update here; Tony Wilson kindly welded the new plate which I had cut out last week onto the back of the cab, it was decided to cut the window hole out first which was done, I finished the job off by sanding the rust off the inside of the cab double skin and painting inside and out with etch primer. I'm in no hurry to get this done so probably top coat paint next visit then fit the glass back in all being well. My thanks to Tony and Tim Brown who also helped out.
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essexpete wrote:Looking good Jeremy.
Thanks Pete she's slowly getting there just wish I could spend more time up there working on my machines, it's not work when you enjoy what you are doing, just an expensive hobby that's all.
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