The Classic Machinery Network

Okay a bit more here; as mentioned above I suspected there was diesel in the engine oil so after repairing the right hand brake cylinder that had been leaking I took the rocker cover off the engine and started her up on tick over. It did not take long to spot that diesel was leaking from the banjo o...

Glad you got it sorted okay.

Jeremy

Hi Harry welcome to CMN somebody on here will be able to put you in the right direction.

Jeremy

Nice weld repair there Adrian you may have come across the posts I made about a larger Kubota that cam into my works with a broken boom fork end? I would suppose that it is important to check for cracks on any make or size of digger as they are subject to large amounts of stress.

Jeremy

Hi Richard and welcome to CMN that's some serious Lego you have there very good.

Jeremy

Welcome to CMN Nice model collection you have there Kevin thank you for sharing I take it you built up the whole scenario?

Jeremy

Cost is about $60, not too bad by backhoe standards. And you're right, I should buy one for peace of mind. I just find it strange that with all of the JCB backhoes around the world no one here can share a story about some person who never replaced his hydraulic cap and ??? happened. Does everyone h...

Nice photos as ever Thibault glad to see that they are keeping you busy.

Jeremy

pv83 wrote:Thoughts anyone..?

Well as it has a Volvo F12 cab on it surely it must be something to do with Volvo or they would not be permitted to use the F12 logo?

Jeremy

A Hymac 610 which is the wheeled version of the 580/580B and 580BT from memory they made a few more of these than the later 610C.

Jeremy