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Thanks Jorg the Fratelli trike dumper is rather unusual can't imagine that three wheelers would be very stable over a rough building site.

Jeremy

Hi Mark and welcome I am sure somebody on here will be able to offer you some good advice on your JCB 3D

Jeremy

Hi Sandy and welcome to the site :wave: that is a nice little but rare machine that you have there I have only seen one of these machines in the flesh and that was being used on grave digging duties; I would imagine that the small company who make these would not have a high production capacity henc...

The next thing i have i plan for my excavator before spring is to replace the very worn lover bushings on the rams lifting the boom. But the weather does everything to ruin my plans :| 20190212_142455.jpg20190212_142407.jpg http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/download/file.php?id=52892&t=1 ht...

Hi Adam and welcome to CMN tidy looking JCB that you have acquired there I'm sure somebody will be able to offer you some good advice.

Jeremy

Hi Dan; I am guessing that it's the outside filter that is stuck? I had the same issue on my 580BT this is caused by damp ingress between the top of the filter bowl and the housing itself causing the two to 'rust' together. I put a good 7 foot scaffold pole on the bar to loosen my filter, I left it ...

Cheers for reply and I was thinking the same ...it’s just I too it right up beforehand , maybe there was an air lock , I don’t know .. No I only tried on an incline with big bucket in front ..was not going to reverse up the lane , was hard enough controlling it forwards as one big tyre was flat ! L...

Thanks Alex I already have a tool made up to remove the cylinder cap; however there is some small damage to the rod so I may end up simply fitting a second hand one, just have to see how things plan out.

Jeremy

Steve I can't help thinking that somehow you don't have the correct oil level in there so when you are on an incline the pump is starved of oil? I'm no expert on hydraulics or JCB; I seem to recall there is a sight glass on the side of the hydraulic oil tank have you checked this? The only thing tha...

Hi Steve and welcome :wave: you have your hands full there but still have a great old classic; sounds like your JCB has stood for a while and you may have water in the hydraulic oil as you said it is 'milky' I would change the hydraulic oil and filter, when you say the hydraulics don't function on a...