essexpete wrote:Where, out of interest, did you source the new rubbery gaters?
Pete they are not quite the right fit unfortunately but they came off EBay; I may order some mre but a slightly smaller diameter for hopefully a better fit?
Jeremy
Hymac 580BT 1969
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Re: Hymac 580BT 1969
Pete they are not quite the right fit unfortunately but they came off EBay; I may order some mre but a slightly smaller diameter for hopefully a better fit?
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Re: Hymac 580BT 1969
Some half decent weather at last! 
I got up to my machines earlier this week, I did have one other previous visit where I did a small amount of cosmetic work on the Poclain. As many of you will no doubt be aware keeping machines outside they get covered in muck without doing any work, the 580BT looks rather weather beaten these days and was covered in a layer of muck that needed washing off.
I quickly got to work washing the machine down and the weather was perfect for this to be done, although we have had a few days of dry weather I didn't want to track either machine through mud to wash it off only to find it covered back in mud after I had tracked it back.
I do have a few days holiday due to me now so I need to get moving with some serious work, the Poclain also got another clean down.
Jeremy
I got up to my machines earlier this week, I did have one other previous visit where I did a small amount of cosmetic work on the Poclain. As many of you will no doubt be aware keeping machines outside they get covered in muck without doing any work, the 580BT looks rather weather beaten these days and was covered in a layer of muck that needed washing off.I quickly got to work washing the machine down and the weather was perfect for this to be done, although we have had a few days of dry weather I didn't want to track either machine through mud to wash it off only to find it covered back in mud after I had tracked it back.
I do have a few days holiday due to me now so I need to get moving with some serious work, the Poclain also got another clean down.
Jeremy
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Re: Hymac 580BT 1969
Work has temporarily halted on the 690 for a couple of reasons, I'm still waiting on my fabricator to make the other panels I require and I still need to get three new hinges made, that aside I have turned back to do some more work on the 580BT. The side window rail where the two sliding windows are has rotted away, hardly surprising when you consider the machines age, I cleaned this up, got rid of the rotted metal and bolted a new strip of metal into place.
I considered if I should free off the sliding windows but after some serious consideration, I remembered all too well the horrible rattling noise they make when the engine is on tick over so I left well alone.
Jeremy
I considered if I should free off the sliding windows but after some serious consideration, I remembered all too well the horrible rattling noise they make when the engine is on tick over so I left well alone.
Jeremy