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Bad news, at some point in it's past there has been a catastrophic failure in this engine which has smashed various holes in the block. These have been superbly repaired with alloy welding, it now turns out that the crank must have snapped and been welded and then re ground. Before grinding it measured 40 thou. oval, machinist tried to grind it round and found a cavity in the weld so unfortunately crank is scrap.

Goods news is my friend Anthony in Hereford has sent me a replacement which just needs a tidy up and we should be good to go.

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Some photos showing the extent of previous block repair and the stellite weld peeling off the crank.

 

The stellite must be very hard, the grinder said his machine had taken 4 thou off the crank and 10 thou off the grinding wheel !

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Hooray up and running today, 40 psi oil pressure at tick over.

Took it for a test drive along the road delivering Christmas cards and then back home for a dig.I am amazed it is fast powerful and operates on multi service functions so that you can lift and crowd etc at the same time.

Going to make a set of swamp pads for the tracks next.

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Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 5AE

 

June 6th and 7th 2015

 

It would look great there, make a change from all the red tractors !! :hide:

Need some yellow & white ones there me thinks Paul

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Had a day out with the Digger today in snow plough mode, worked well with plenty of grunt but ideally the hydraulic ram for the dozer could do with a float position. The ram is double acting so stays where you put it instead of following the ground contours. Gave the old Whitlock an outing to blow the dust off.post-292-0-37617900-1421776798_thumb.jpgpost-292-0-61409400-1421776827_thumb.jpgpost-292-0-84571300-1421776858_thumb.jpgpost-292-0-41738200-1421776946_thumb.jpg

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Chores become easier when you can tinker with your toys at the same time. Need a tow behind gritter for it now. Even more brownie points because Janet's car was snowed in and now she can drive it out thanks to the snow plough. She says I should have got one years ago.! I did not tell her I had all the bits for years.

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