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4 years 5 months ago #215669
by Deebo
Great story, John, as you say couldn’t do that nowadays.. I’m south of Glasgow. The La Plant Choate system fitted seems to supply a spool at the back so I’m assuming it was a mole drain or something. Looking forward to getting it going. Will be a slow process as I promised my wife it’s a retirement project.. but I couldn’t resist starting.. Didn’t get a PM?
Hiya, to be honest I don’t know much about the 2T.
My D4 had stood for around 20 years outside luckily with a tin can over the exhaust before I bought it. On the donkey engine one cylinder had a spark but no compression, the other compression but no spark! The lack of compression was stuck valve, freed off after removing the head. Plug leads solved the no spark problem. After 10 mins cranking the diesel on compression she struck right up, showering us in rust!
Pulled her home 12miles on a trailer behind my Field Marshall. Those were the days, would get locked up now if the police caught you doing that!
It looks like yours had a la plant chose blade on it, so possibly ex services? The carrier roller is different to the ones on my 7J which are mounted on a pedestal fixed on the inside of the track frames. Whereabouts are you located in Scotland ?
I just sent you a PM (Personal Message).
Great story, John, as you say couldn’t do that nowadays.. I’m south of Glasgow. The La Plant Choate system fitted seems to supply a spool at the back so I’m assuming it was a mole drain or something. Looking forward to getting it going. Will be a slow process as I promised my wife it’s a retirement project.. but I couldn’t resist starting.. Didn’t get a PM?
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4 years 5 months ago #215679
by janmeermans
OM,
Sorry OM. I cleaned it almost immediately after finding it full last week.
JanM
Replied by janmeermans on topic edb
Yah!!!! I got the same line about a year ago. Wound up dumping a bunch of attachments to continue.
Jan...seems you can't even keep your PM box cleared for response..........nuts!!!
OM,
Sorry OM. I cleaned it almost immediately after finding it full last week.
JanM
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4 years 5 months ago #215693
by Mike Meyer
The second old Cat you buy next will be the retirement project Deebo, once you get one old Cat, they seem to attract another and another somehow...... What's happening with the pilot motor on your tractor?
We seemed to have hijacked the edb thread, sorry about that, Deebo, why not start a fresh thread about your D4, people will get more helpful once they see your photo's.
regards
Mike
Replied by Mike Meyer on topic edb
Great story, John, as you say couldn’t do that nowadays.. I’m south of Glasgow. The La Plant Choate system fitted seems to supply a spool at the back so I’m assuming it was a mole drain or something. Looking forward to getting it going. Will be a slow process as I promised my wife it’s a retirement project.. but I couldn’t resist starting.. Didn’t get a PM?
The second old Cat you buy next will be the retirement project Deebo, once you get one old Cat, they seem to attract another and another somehow...... What's happening with the pilot motor on your tractor?
We seemed to have hijacked the edb thread, sorry about that, Deebo, why not start a fresh thread about your D4, people will get more helpful once they see your photo's.
regards
Mike
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4 years 5 months ago #215782
by Wombat
Mary has messaged me this morning that the storage capacity for edb has hopefully been rectified. The BoD and staff will keep working hard to keep things going, we are all looking forward to the new system when it is up and running as the current one is past its use by date and making it hard for all of us.
Wombat
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4 years 5 months ago #215938
by edb
Replied by edb on topic Storage Capacity Restored Thank You
Hi Team,
as of yesterday morning when I tested the system I can now post attachments again----Thank You to both JanM and Mary for getting this done again.
Regards,
Eddie B.
as of yesterday morning when I tested the system I can now post attachments again----Thank You to both JanM and Mary for getting this done again.
Regards,
Eddie B.
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4 years 5 months ago #215939
by edb
Replied by edb on topic Storage Capacity Restored Thank You
Hi Team,
as of yesterday morning when I tested the system I can now post attachments again----Thank You to both JanM and Mary for getting this done again.
Regards,
Eddie B.
as of yesterday morning when I tested the system I can now post attachments again----Thank You to both JanM and Mary for getting this done again.
Regards,
Eddie B.
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