3CX White Cab Restoration Madness & Questions
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 4:31 am
Hi All!
In a moment of absolute madness I bought a JCB 3CX white cab for buttons (£2200!) with a rotten cab, no brakes, no real functional wiring, and plenty of rotten pipes
Despite all this I think there's a decent digger underneath just waiting to break through! I'll get some pics and maybe some video up later As a computer nerd I absolutely love how 'analogue' and brilliantly put together this machine is. It's so sturdy, common sense, and built to last. Amazing condition for something 37 years old.
I've sorted the brakes (faulty pipe on one side, master cylinder on the other) but the following questions remain:
1. The lever on the left (swing & dip) is very hit and miss in operation but the valve body checks out, it's actually movement in the levers that go down to the valve body that's the problem. Anyone ever refurbished one of these and how did you get on? Is it just the 'pins' held in with circlips that wear?
2. ...
Actually I've a load of questions but I'll start with that one
In a moment of absolute madness I bought a JCB 3CX white cab for buttons (£2200!) with a rotten cab, no brakes, no real functional wiring, and plenty of rotten pipes
Despite all this I think there's a decent digger underneath just waiting to break through! I'll get some pics and maybe some video up later As a computer nerd I absolutely love how 'analogue' and brilliantly put together this machine is. It's so sturdy, common sense, and built to last. Amazing condition for something 37 years old.
I've sorted the brakes (faulty pipe on one side, master cylinder on the other) but the following questions remain:
1. The lever on the left (swing & dip) is very hit and miss in operation but the valve body checks out, it's actually movement in the levers that go down to the valve body that's the problem. Anyone ever refurbished one of these and how did you get on? Is it just the 'pins' held in with circlips that wear?
2. ...
Actually I've a load of questions but I'll start with that one