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  • 08-02-2010 9:25am
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    red menace
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    Hi Guys,

    Have one of these double jobbing on the farm and building when there is anything going on for it.
    We noticed on Saturday it had developed a fairly hefty oil leak.
    As far as we can tell the oil is flowing down the boom.
    What the easiest way of getting in for a look, is there any spots more likely to check than others ie wearing points etc?


    Cheers


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    Slidey
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    I'm not aware of what type of machine that is.. is it a teleporter?

    If it is, chances are that you have burst one of the long hydraulic hoses running up through the boom.

    These can be a fiddly enough job to do.


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    red menace
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    Yep tis a Teleporter
    year: 1989 12 metre reach
    The model with the two small steering wheels on the back


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    Slidey
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    Sometimes, if you have an auxiliary power point at the front you can swop the pipes over to the tilt rams and it can get you out of a spot


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    red menace
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    Evrything is working but oil p1ssing out behind.
    Does the boom come off dor a job like that?


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    Slidey
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    red menace wrote: »
    Evrything is working but oil p1ssing out behind.
    Does the boom come off dor a job like that?

    Well I never did it on a JCB but on the ones I did, I tied a rope to the pipes and pulled them out.

    Is there an inspection plate at the rear of the boom?


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    red menace
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    Good thinking!
    Am in Dublin now machine is in Kilkenny.
    But cheers thats a good starting point


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