new on here - 3DII help

[cribbohx]

Hi all, i'm brand new on here. Earlier this year we acquired an ebay relic a JCB 3DII Serial number 3D 67237. The old girl now lives in France at our lake and needs to earn her keep. Main problems seem to be:

Radiator leaking very badly
- have removed and brought back to uk for replacing/recore?
- rad is caked, properly caked!, in oil - could this be a leaking dual core rad?

Brakes are pretty bad
One leg drops but wont lift back up
Steering is a bit random (could be interesting near water, haha).

Anyway the pressing item is the Rad and perhaps new hoses ...where can i sort one?
Could maybe do with a trenching bucket too? (only has the one pictured)

any thoughts comments guys...be gentle, i know little about these contraptions






Oh and a video... sorry about the sideways action (wasn't me) oh and the wheels were changed for the red ones with better tyres.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaw-TiKurYM[/video]

[frachar]

Hi,

I have a good second hand water rad, should you require one. Also alot of buckets & other parts that you may require.

[essexpete]

Get someone to work the steering back and forth and you might locate the problem. I remember on a 3C11 owned many years ago the fitting on the top of the R/H king pin had worn so there was movement in the steering ram controlling the steering. IIRR i bodged it by welding as the big nut would not pull down tightly enough and would move again. long time ago now.