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Good to see you back, I haven't been posting on here for long but I have looked at your JCB many times. I particularly liked your ram repair, as we're bound to need to do one some time. Mr. MacGregor's heater is also needing fixing, fortunately it's only the motor in trouble. The brakes also need do...

What a find Jeremy! The 4DII is very rare, and that's a lovely one you saw there. Looks like one of the last ones with the parallel lift loader arms and white cab. I'm impressed with the size of the back actor, looks much bigger than the 3D version. Nice crawler loader and crawñer excavator in the b...

We know all about that with the tractors, unfortunately the barn isn't big enough for all of our machines, but we're hoping to fix some other buildings to get them all under cover. Once that's done the cleaning starts and never finishes.
Sandy

I have to say I agree in many ways having seen the many JCBs in much worse state (condition or modification), but I'm keen to fix some of these things as it might then improve Mr. MacGregor's condition for longer. Until we get him under cover though we can't really expect anything to last particular...

Hi all, You might have seen this already, but if not here it is. Mr. MacGregor's alternator is not the usual Lucas or AC unit, it's a Bosch one, but I don't know where it came from. If anyone can get a manual for it that would be great as it really needs a big clean, it's Bosch part no. 9 124 47 631...

Hi all, As you might have seen here http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13604 , Mr. Macgregor has an odd combination of stop and cold start retard cables. Currently we have the stop cable here https://i.postimg.cc/XYNFcWJW/Mr-Mac-Gregor-2023-J25-2.jpg but as far as I know i...

Hi all, After ages and ages here's a double report on Mr. MacGregor. https://i.postimg.cc/3rqz3DvM/Mr-Mac-Gregor-2022-J8-1.jpg Mr. MacGregor is a 1976 JCB 3CII, no. 113341, completed (I think) on 18 May of that year. I would say he's pretty std., but if anyone else thinks something different then pl...

I think you're right Pete, this one I think is probably a late one with the AD3.152 engine. I don't think it's a 2205 as the one I've seen has a newer loader as Rob was commenting on the MF40.
Sandy

I think the 203 was the normal clutch version, and the 205 was the torque convertor one. Although the injector pump is of Spanish manufacture (to CAV specs) I think the rest of the parts were assembled in Britain (the injector pump might well be a replacement). The engine is an AD3.152, there's a pl...

Hi all, This one is a bit different from others as I know very little about this MF, but hopefully we can sort this out here. I think it's a 205 with a 702 loader, but not sure about this. https://i.postimg.cc/4y99QT8n/MF-2022-J3-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/PqXRxdyW/MF-2022-J3-4.jpg https://i.postimg...