Track Marshall 50 dozer restoration

[diesel1]

I bought this Track Marshall 50 at york sale on the 28th of march. Its going to be fully restored in the coming weeks, i will be posting updates on the progress of the restoration.

 

[theboytheboy]

Will be watching carefully, have one ourselves that needs some work

 

[theboytheboy]

Think I have parts books somewhere, I will have a look if of interest

 

[diesel1]

Some pictures

 

[colhonk]

Is that the one with a Perkins L4 engine in it?

 

[diesel1]

Is that the one with a Perkins L4 engine in it?

Yes L4 engine, no internal parts can be got for this engine (discontinued).
Was a little worried when i first got her started as she was showing about 10 psi oil pressure, turned out to be a blockage in the oil line, shows 40 psi now with new oil in.

 

[theboytheboy]

Did it have a cab originally? Ours did but it was so rusted I took it off before it fell off

 

[diesel1]

Think I have parts books somewhere, I will have a look if of interest

Got all the parts sourced and delivered thanks, what work does yours need doing to it?

 

[startinghandle]

Yes L4 engine, no internal parts can be got for this engine (discontinued).
Was a little worried when i first got her started as she was showing about 10 psi oil pressure, turned out to be a blockage in the oil line, shows 40 psi now with new oil in.

I am not arguing with what you are saying but are you sure no Perkins L4 parts are available

 

[diesel1]

Crawfords at boston and my local engine reconditioning people say so, because i thought oil pressure was low i was going to put some big end and main bearings and pump in.

 

[theboytheboy]

Got all the parts sourced and delivered thanks, what work does yours need doing to it?

It threw a track and sat at the end of my parents garden for about 20 years. When I came back to farm dad and I got track back on, fitted a charged battery, squirted wd40 on injectors and it fired into life!

We drove it to farm yard and removed cab as it was going to fall off (still have what's left of it)

Since then it's been used for pushing muck heap up but we think it dropped a valve and so it's been sat since.

It needs idlers for the tracks and some serious tlc all over.

Where did you source parts?

 

[startinghandle]

there is a company based at Telford that specialise in engine parts for older engines

 

[REStracTORATION]

North East engines are good with sourceing and modifications on internals
Got some pistons altered for vintage hurlimann
I think the shells were remade too

 

[colhonk]

We had a scrubby wood bulldozed out with one of them in 1967,but it was orange/red,was supprising how much push it had.
EE ba gum,look what I have found in the back of my shed.

 

[diesel1]

Dozer blade and brackets removed, the strip down starts!

 

[diesel1]

We had a scrubby wood bulldozed out with one of them in 1967,but it was orange/red,was supprising how much push it had.
EE ba gum,look what I have found in the back of my shed.
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Is the perkins L4 for sale?

 

[rob h]

We had a scrubby wood bulldozed out with one of them in 1967,but it was orange/red,was supprising how much push it had.
EE ba gum,look what I have found in the back of my shed.
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That looks like one I cut out of our old 788 combine a few years ago. Sold it at York sale

 

[Mursal]

L4 Perkins stuff click
L4 more stuff click

 

[colhonk]

Is the perkins L4 for sale?

Probably.
Out of a MH 780 Special. Was a good runner but been stood since begining of the seventies, won`t turn now.

 

[Mursal]

Wee drop of diesel in the inlet manifold and a screwdriver on the ring gear?