The Classic Machinery Network

XS650 wrote:You're right Jeremy but this was this century pre digital but I had two cameras in my desk !
The Scammel was parked outside my window .
Real lost opportunity.
Craig

Argh Indeed a missed opportunity!

Jeremy

A Michigan 475 loader used to roam the industrial estate where I worked , quite a sight and cars got out of the way ! The estate owner had two seperate oil rig dismantling yards there where it operated. Shoulda took a photo but one day it was gone along with a Scammell Contractor that must have bee...

Thanks Fred the Cat D7 with the Hyster dragline setup what a beast that looks, a real odd ball there.

Jeremy

Hi Jason and welcome to the site :wave: I don't know what things are like in your country or the part of the country where you live but like Slooby says an independent hydraulic hose supplier is usually the best option and that's what I generally use to supply hydraulic hoses/pipes of any type for a...

Hi Gary glad you finally cracked how to post pictures :thumbup: as for your leaking rotary coupling, yes you should be able to pull it apart okay and I'm guessing here that you will find some 'O' ring type seals in there, from the look of your photo it looks like the lot may be held in by the large ...

Thanks Fred I always thought what an odd idea the load over system is, it would soon give you neck ache.

Jeremy

Brilliant update, Thankyou. :gooodpost: I had some experience of the Deutz 5 pot engine in a Cat 211 in the early 90's, in the 3 years I had that machine, it never lost the drive belt for the cooling fan, so hopefully with the fitment of the genuine belts, that issue should be solved for you. Inter...

Oops better put an upright copy in for our members up here in the northern hemisphere

Jeremy

Gary, You may be better off taking it to a local hydraulics engineer; it's hard to offer advice when you cannot see the actual component, you can try uploading pics again, simply click the "upload pic" tab above, then click on the "choose file" tab and you can then select the pho...

Hi Gary and welcome I would imagine that removing the cover plate will let you see what the issue is, even if the valve block was leaking it could be stripped and new seals put into it, have a look first it may be a simple pipe connection that is leaking.

Jeremy