Recent content by essexpete

Yes, It is the top one, a bit of a pig to get at.

Thanks for the reply @ACEngineering , it looks to be the stop solenoid. The pump has failed in the past as you described. Running one minute then no start

Stopped my machine in a paddock this morning after a normal start. Went to start it, cranks over fine but no fuel symptom. No sign of a problem before stopping it.

What I was quoted yesterday. Imperial at Shoeburyness slightly better offer than Benfleet scrap.

Mixed light £120 Heavy £150 Oversize £140-50 SE Essex One nearer to Basildon was considerably less.

I guess the merchants and big buyers would use it to their advantage. UK seems to be about 31st in the world in terms of cereal production?

I have no idea about this machine but could the cab mounts be released and partial lift to gain access?

@glasshouse did you answer this?

Run the boom half out and push slowly down with the bucket and look for slop between the sections. Also run it up to working temperature to see if the hydraulics or the transmission appear to slow down.

If you can find a straight one I think they are fairly bullet proof. I used a non turbo loading for a very brief time and thought it reasonably lively on flat ground. The FS would be a better bet with more power. The spares should be easy to find both some new old stock and breakers. The vision...

And there you have it

Don't put engine oil in the IH rear end. You don't need Hytran but it will require an UTTO.

No personal experience but looking at our local dealer's stock, the Krone grassland machinery looks well built.

I am not entirely sure but those might owe heritage to the Fella, not a particularly robust machine with large rotors.

Re the Haybob 360 tines, following some rain, I have had a look on line. There seems to be much confusion between left, right, nearside, offside, yellow, blue, wide and narrow. I think there are mistakes with online descriptions as well. Nearside = Left hand = Blue Offside = Right hand =...