The Classic Machinery Network

You say you have fitted a new float and needle valve to the carb but are they definately set correctly. Is the float free to move? When you open the carb up again is the float chamber nearly full? It will need a certain amount to cover the jets before fuel is sucked through into the throttle body ar...

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Wet liners like those used on the BMC engine should be easy enough to remove without special tools. Im told modern liners are built to tighter tolerances so you should be able to get away without measuring liner projection above deck level. Theres always a chance though that block damage has occurre...

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You could try swapping the hydraulic lines over at the spool block so the bucket spool is swapped with the loader arm one, then see if the loader arm drops. This would help eliminate the spool block as the faulty item.

If you are reffering to loader backhoes missing from road jobs then I think the advent of mini diggers has made them more or less redundant in a lot of road works jobs. In a single lane road closure or restricted site a back how loader is restricted to digging in one direction only without exiting t...

I'm going with the Whitlock as the dipper seems to be chunky enough to match. The sherman one is far too narrow.

Position of hydraulic tank on front is reminiscent of very early JCB.
Dipper on back actor looks very chunky and like it may be an extender. Could be a retrofit from a later machine.

Not sure if the Borg Warner box is a standard SAE bellhousing size. If not you may need to find an adapter between bell housing and the back of the Perkins engine block. The Perkins engines are used in lots of applications which means they are easy enough to find the trouble is they are all slightly...

Any updates on this project Julian, or are other things getting in the way?