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If the price right Steven I might! This digger doesn't have its original engine but does have a 38TD in it from a Nuffield. Have you got a bonnet?

Hi Steven, your digger is a 69 - 72 machine. Originally it would have had a 38TD engine. I saw this advertised too and I just missed out on it to you by minutes.

Topkit, Do all MF 40's have pto and 3pt linkage as standard? Did the MF 50 have 3pt linkage and pto?

All JCB 2D's had the detachable backhoe.

It does sound like the main shaft in the gearbox is the problem if there was a bang. These types of transmission were prone to breaking half shafts as well though. Either way its a lot of work but scrap value is very little on these now. I know of one bloke who after the collection fee of his scrap ...

Yeah you have the Brockhouse transmission on a Leyland tractor skid. Not an easy transmission to work on. What exactly is your transmission not doing?

There were no Powertrains made in 1977. If your digger has a shuttle lever for forward and reverse then you have a Brockhouse transmission. Is the handbrake on the digger on the floor of your digger or on the right of the dash?

I don't think any digger would be scrapped at the minute with the low scrap price.

I had no drive at all when braking the right wheel and this was with a good few revs.

The diff is good on this machine. I've been doing lots of circles clockwise and anti-clockwise. With the jack legs down and then put in gear I applied the left brake and the noise stops as does the wheel. I lift the pedal back up as it doesn't spring back up by itself. The wheel still doesn't turn. ...