Muir Hill A5000
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 6:47 pm
Hi all
Have not posted anything for along time, here's a picture of the thorn in my side, A5000 purchased sometime ago,spent a lot of time servicing up sorting out brakes etc etc, had not moved for 4 years so was a bit unknown,first trip out overheated back in workshop checked basics head off found hole in no 3 bore,water jacket pretty solid with crud so found engine from an old MF combine, swap sumps etc etc back in with engine, I will add at this point taking engine out is not a simple job Anyway up and running again still running hot, rad off recore,3/4 of core choked with rust, if only antifreeze was kept in systems not just for the obvious but for corrosion inhibitors etc etc! Nearly ready for outing, almost everything on the shovel is a fiddle or poor access etc but I've always fancied one ,obviously i didn't choose the right one.
Have not posted anything for along time, here's a picture of the thorn in my side, A5000 purchased sometime ago,spent a lot of time servicing up sorting out brakes etc etc, had not moved for 4 years so was a bit unknown,first trip out overheated back in workshop checked basics head off found hole in no 3 bore,water jacket pretty solid with crud so found engine from an old MF combine, swap sumps etc etc back in with engine, I will add at this point taking engine out is not a simple job Anyway up and running again still running hot, rad off recore,3/4 of core choked with rust, if only antifreeze was kept in systems not just for the obvious but for corrosion inhibitors etc etc! Nearly ready for outing, almost everything on the shovel is a fiddle or poor access etc but I've always fancied one ,obviously i didn't choose the right one.