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by marshallmp6
Sun Sep 02, 2018 11:43 pm
Forum: Dozers
Topic: FOWLER CHALLENGER 3
Replies: 16
Views: 17075

Re: FOWLER CHALLENGER 3

That is the remnants of a typical Malcolm Moore DDPCU (Double Drum Power Control Unit). Brake bands and control levers (and maybe a few other parts) are missing. The drums should turn when clutch is engaged, if not turning then I would suspect the quill shaft that connects the top gearbox shaft to P...
by marshallmp6
Sun Sep 02, 2018 11:04 pm
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Fowler Challengers
Replies: 59
Views: 72571

Re: Fowler Challengers

Nigel …….. Your first photo above is of a Challenger Mark III, single reduction, bull gear and pinion final drive. The second final drive photo is a later Challenger 3 M2, double reduction, bull gear/planetary final drive. Although the planetary final drive was officially introduced with the Challen...
by marshallmp6
Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:47 am
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Fowler Challengers
Replies: 59
Views: 72571

Re: Fowler Challengers

Paul, It appears that the ED8 engine in the Challenger Mark II never got past the testing stage so not a lot of info is available but the ED5 fitted to the Challenger 1 was basicly a scaled down version of the ED8 and there is plenty of evidence around about them. They were a "loop scaveneged&q...
by marshallmp6
Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:14 am
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Fowler Challengers
Replies: 59
Views: 72571

Re: Fowler Challengers

The first model of what we know as the Challenger 3 was in fact known a Challenger Mark II and was fitted with a Marshall ED8 twin cylinder, two stroke engine which was in fact a dismal failure and it would appear that it never got past the testing stage. This machine had 6 forward and 4 reverse spe...
by marshallmp6
Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:09 am
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Track marshall 1955
Replies: 24
Views: 13780

Re: Track marshall 1955

The .015" lift was to ensure the front mounts carried the weight of the engine rather than letting it hang on the bell housing. It is a long time since I measured the lift when installing the engine...... I do it by ear until the minimum vibration is heard throughout the machine. I have been wr...
by marshallmp6
Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:33 pm
Forum: Tractors
Topic: Fowler tractor in Qld
Replies: 5
Views: 4352

Re: Fowler tractor in Qld

Always a pleasure to welcome our Marshall/Fowler friends from the UK Fred. It was great to see the two Colonials trundling around the ring too .................. I was also able to get my MP6 up there for the Show thanks to the generosity of one of our Club members. We had the "First" and ...
by marshallmp6
Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:38 am
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Fowler Challengers
Replies: 59
Views: 72571

Re: Fowler Challengers

Quite a few Challenger 1s and 3s Paul ..... not many 4s though, I know of only 3 (confirmed) in Oz but there will no doubt be more. There were of course hundreds of Fowler VFs and then the later Track Marshall 50 and 55s sold well with a total of around 700 here ..... many still working. The Challen...
by marshallmp6
Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:17 am
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Fowler Challengers
Replies: 59
Views: 72571

Fowler Challengers

Some of my Fowler Challengers ...................The last photo shows from left a Challenger 3 with a Leyland 600 motor and a Fluid Drive, Challenger Mk III with a Leyland 600 and a Challenger 1 with a GM 3-71 out of an Allis Chalmers HD7 fitted to it. The first photo is a Challenger 4 with a Meadow...
by marshallmp6
Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:55 am
Forum: Track Loaders
Topic: Track-Marshall loader on eBay; think its an 1100?
Replies: 10
Views: 8543

Re: Track-Marshall loader on eBay; think its an 1100?

I am going to throw a spanner in the works here and suggest that the side on picture of the loader with the bucket high in the air is not a prototype 1600 but rather a prototype "nothing" that went "nowhere". The 1600 had a 6.354 motor and this machine appears to be only a 3.152 ...
by marshallmp6
Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:40 am
Forum: Tractors
Topic: Fowler tractor in Qld
Replies: 5
Views: 4352

Re: Fowler tractor in Qld

Not Fowlers .................. Marshall Colonials. Two very different companies and very strong competition with each other at that stage. Although rare, to my knowledge, neither machine is unique ........................

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