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| It's BIG, Yellow and digs holes! JCB 3CX Project 8 is joining the Tractor Shed |
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| hermetic:
Thats a pain Andrew, you would think at the price they could put some wood packers around it, or even polystyrene! still, as you say easily rectified. The cooling fins are easily straightened with a screwdriver, and a bit of matt black makes good! I once fumbled a screwdriver whilst clearing some tools off the bonnet landing panel of a customers car I was fixing, and of course it fell into the fan of the running engine, and a little jet of water appeared. I was lucky, it was a good radiator and the hole was in the outside of a tube between the fins, took it out and soldered the pinhole with a big electric iron! Phil |
| awemawson:
So once Grand-Children, Dogs and Wives had been packed off to hunt edible chestnuts I was able to resume activities. I set myself a low target today as folks staying and cottage guests in abundance arriving today. Once at the tractor shed I was delighted to find that the floor WASN'T awash with the expensive coolant that I put in yesterday, so I got on changing the engine air filters. There are three - air enters via a dust separator that is mounted above the bonnet then passes through an outer and then inner filter before getting to the turbo. The dust separator gathers debris by spinning the air flinging it by centrifugal force to the outer edge of the bowl, where it falls down into a gully provided for it. A good blow out with an airline followed by a wash in hot soapy water got it ready for re-installation. The Inner and Outer filters are just a case of changing the element. Usually you'd only need to change the outer one, but as I have no idea how old they are I changed both. While doing this I noticed that the 'safety valve' (or Fart Valve as I always known them !) is missing so order placed for one. This device is just a rubber moulding designed to allow air out but not in by it's shape. So if explosive fumes were to accumulate in the filter housing and got ignited, it would blow off rather than burst the filter housing. Without it some air will circumvent the dust filter so it's needed. Still got the hydraulic filters, fuel filters and sediment bowl (it's nasty in there !), and transmission oil and engine oil filters to go ! And when all that's done just 70 grease points to grease, four final drive planetary gear boxes and two axle / differentials to check for level ! |
| mc:
Just realised that's the newer version of 3CX from the one I replaced the radiator on. At least JCB seem to be making some things easier to fix. |
| awemawson:
The Postman delivered the new 'Fart Valve' today so I was able to just slip that on, but nothing else will happen for a couple of days due to family commitments. He also delivered the replacement Oil Pressure Switch, so that's handy I can replace it when I drop the oil next week. |
| howsitwork?:
very nice Andrew always wanted one of those. got to drive one when our house was being built 33 years ago, now where did those years go ??? I shall watch enviously as this proceeds |
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