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JCB 803 Saga
Pete.:
I too would go with the new valves unless the literature says otherwise. It's supplied ready to fit so one would presume that it's ready to work.
lordedmond:
I go with fit it also.
That is a field replacement part , fit it and get the machine working again , don't earn much when they are not working.
Also there are no test rigs in the field
Just my 2 cents
Stuart
Will_D:
Having just spent that amount of wonga with Mr. Bamford's successors I would HOPE that the customer service line would give some FREE advice re. pressure settings and factory default settings.
awemawson:
Well the bacon got sliced and vacuum packed - all 18 kGs, and the hams sorted and stacked ready for freezing, which left me a little bit of play time :thumbup: Not enough to fit that valve block but something to help along the way.
The left hand control pod is supposed to hinge up out of the way so making getting into the cab easier. Under it is a microswitch that inhibits all the servo controls when in the up state. There is supposed to be a gas strut that toggles it between the up and down states, that fixes between two welded on 8 mm pegs, one on the pod frame and one on the seat frame. The strut and the peg on the pod were missing, as was the arm that prevents you climbing in unless the pod is up.
I'd managed to source the arm, complete with it's red handle from a breaker, but the gas strut had to be bought new at a ridiculous price.
So this afternoon I fitted them. This is officially 'A GOOD THING', as to access the relief valve block through the floor I've been jamming a bit of timber in to keep the pod 'up', so this will help when it comes to changing the block.
All fairly straight forward except that access to the 6mm bolts holding the blown plastic moulding on the pod arm was a right pain :bugeye: The peg on the pod frame had broken off, and without total dismantling welding wasn't an option, so it got replaced by an 8 mm HT hex bolt
Now at least it makes it much safer leaving the cab if the engine is running, as before it was quie easy to bump the paddle control and swing the cab as you were climbing out onto the tracks :bugeye:
awemawson:
Well the chap buying my sheep turned up HOURS earlier than had been arranged, so it was all done and dusted by 09:30. Excellent as it meant I could crack on (pun intended) changing that split block.
First job, identify the six pipes with coloured Ty-Wraps so that I stand a chance of getting them back in the right place :scratch:
Normally I'd put Ty-Wraps of the same colour on the pipe, and the fitting it goes on, but in this case the fittings were being removed, so that would be pointless. Instead I took lots of photos
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