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JCB 803 Saga
mattinker:
--- Quote from: awemawson on June 22, 2015, 01:34:05 PM ---Well the diagnosis was wrong :bang:
In fact (having had the block out and re- O ringed between slices) the leak is actually from the sliding spool itself - ie it's worn or the bore is worn or more likely both :(
Wasted a week with a red-herring where a breaker claimed to have a spare full block of all the spools (but he didn't - it was a different one!) so have ordered a spare spool "slice" from JCB (please pass the hat round) - should arrive tomorrow :med:
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It had to be the only other place possible! Well, it's hopefully the answer!
All the best, Matthew.
awemawson:
Well at last the JCB 803 is back home, and certainly from a first inspection 'seems' not to be leaking it's hydraulic life blood :thumbup:
It turned up this evening on a flat bed behind a friends huge John Deere tractor, that has tyres taller than me (and cost £8K a set). Not done much testing as it's nightfall, but one interesting fact is that the dozer blade, that was a bit under powered and lazy previously, now is energetic and easily capable of lifting the machine. It's the valve spool for the dozer that was leaking, so I expect that it was not only leaking to the outside world, but also internally across the spool flow and return.
Lots more to attend to - need to put the floor back, rebuild the end of the dipper with new bushes and pins, then replace a few grease nipples and give it a good service, but that won't happen tomorrow, as I have 100 kg of dis-assembled piglets to turn into bacon and ham after I collect them from my commercial butcher, who cuts the carcasses to my specification. In this case it was three 5 month old Saddleback boars weighing in at 55, 54, and 49 kGs live weight that as I say should produce 100 kg of meat.
mattinker:
Good news about the JCB, these things are sent to try us!
Regards, Matthew.
Will_D:
--- Quote from: awemawson on June 28, 2015, 04:37:49 PM ---In this case it was three 5 month old Saddleback boars weighing in at 55, 54, and 49 kGs live weight that as I say should produce 100 kg of meat.
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Great news about the JCB It will be great to see her restored and not leaking :beer:
Now about the 100's of kg of meat (note howe I slipped in the 's :thumbup: )
It is customery on this site to offer something in exchange for something else :D
So hows about 5 kgs of steel offcuts for a bit of pork :nrocks:
Only joking Great news all along
Will
Pete.:
Wehey - all round Andrew's for bacon sarnies and black pudding :D
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