The Classic Machinery Network

Is it a build 3 brockouse or build 5 powertrain? I had the same problem with my brockhouse & it was all down to a broken spring in the modulating valve. Less than a fiver from Vicary & back up & running again Good point. I may have assumed it is a build 5 powertrain. :roll: He did say &...

I had to take up the floor plate to sort my brakes out so took the opportunity to clean out the fill pipe. If you buy a new trans filter, which is the one in your photo, you get 2 new seals for the top in the housing. One is thin & fits easily & the other is thick & a bit of an ass to fi...

Is it a build 3 brockouse or build 5 powertrain? I had the same problem with my brockhouse & it was all down to a broken spring in the modulating valve. Less than a fiver from Vicary & back up & running again

The bottle you are missing isn't an expansion tank as it isn't under pressure. It is just a bottle with a screw on cap that has a hole in it with the missing rubber hose going to the bottom of the bottle without an airtight seal on the cap. The idea is any over pressure/boil over coolant will go int...

You check the oil in the torque converter with the engine running at idle after running for a few minutes to fill the cooler up etc, or it shows a false level because the oil cooler is higher than the torque converter and drains back. I would check the oil level correctly before getting into more i...

Years since I used one of those. Is it the type with the small fwd/rev lever of left of steering column? I can't remember oil check procedure, some need to be checked when running or immediately on stop. Check the oil for clean look and smell. Drop some oil on a piece of clean white paper. When the...

3C111 build 3 torque converter troubles. This morning, sometimes selecting forward gave nothing & required 2 or 3 goes to get moving forward & neutral sometimes gave reverse. This afternoon machine running fine, jumped off to pick something up & when I got back on no forward or reverse. ...

DCP-PLANT wrote:hi ive got a 3c and the back actor doesn't slew wondering if any body has had same isusse before i start pulling it apart many thanks desmond

My 3C111 had water in the slew box which froze stopping it working. I had to remove the drain plug & pour in hot water to get rid of the ice

Thanks guys, I'll order a bunch of both

Hi
Can anyone tell me what thread the grease nipples are on my 3C3 as I have to replace a bunch.
Thanks