Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Bogoak]

5 hours ago, LGP Eddie said:

Sadly in this instance due yet again to Manufacturers simply not listening even when given as much help as possible, the only answer I’ll give is speak to a JCB Dealer or purchase/hire an alternative brand with suitable Auxiliary pressure.

 

 

Eddie.

Hmm, well, possibly enough said. I appreciate the sensitivity of the issue given that JCB is a home grown product. However, when they ignore customer feedback, I quickly run out of patience myself. The paint issue is a prime example of what really winds me up: absolutely unfit for purpose! It’s not that they can’t do it, because there was nothing wrong with the paint on older models: how dare they insult their customers, it’s  blatantly obvious that the paint is going to fail. You suggest they’ve made efforts to address this, and I hope you’re right.

 

Mind you, poor paint work certainly isn’t confined to JCB; Cat and Bobcat aren’t too clever, and Thwaites are appalling. I suspect Kubota is one of the best, and that’s reflected in residual values. There’s no better advert for machinery than  to see old examples still working and looking smart!

[Billhook]

On 04/11/2019 at 21:29, Gray git said:

 

 

Not arbdigger but seriously how much organisation went into getting all those machines to work so closely together in such a tight time frame.

 

Wonder how many bodies they found in it!

[doobin]

3 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

First breakdown today, not bad for 6 years!

  I think it’s the dead man handle. Everything starts ok, just no hydraulics.  I can hear the ‘ click ‘ when the handle goes down.

  Any advice welcome.

Firstly, check the fuse. If OK, remove cover from the arm rest, find the switch, unplug it from the circuit and jump the two terminals. If this works, then it's switch (most likely). Failing that, you'll need to search for a break in the wire somewhere, most likely where the wire flexes when the armrest is lowered or raised.

 

Should be a simple fix.

[openspaceman]

11 hours ago, LGP Eddie said:

Sadly in this instance due yet again to Manufacturers simply not listening even when given as much help as possible, the only answer I’ll give is speak to a JCB Dealer or purchase/hire an alternative brand with suitable Auxiliary pressure.

 

I take it the main flow controls the slew, boom, dipper, extension and crowd and the auxiliary is just for implements?

 

What are normal main flow pressures and how much less is the auxiliary?

[LGP Eddie]

15 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I take it the main flow controls the slew, boom, dipper, extension and crowd and the auxiliary is just for implements?

 

What are normal main flow pressures and how much less is the auxiliary?

Sorry, I’d like to think I do my bit when it comes to sharing information.

 

This one is different, it’s a straightforward heads up for guys to do their homework if thinking of any of the JCB Midi range as a carrier for a Shear.

I really rate them, but checkout the brochures and you’ll soon find the issue.

A solution is another thing altogether!

 

 

Eddie.

[Stephen Blair]

Thanks for that Doobin, my mates sent me some pics of a switch i am likely to find in there.  When you say jump the switch, do you mean bypass it?  If so what is the best method?  Thanks 

[monkeybusiness]

Disconnect the block connector and run a wire between the two terminals on the machine side. 

[Stephen Blair]

Makes sense, cheers.

[Stephen Blair]

Removed the switch, cut the main wire going in.

  There are 5 wires.

  Machine now won’t start but has ignition lights.

  What colours do I join up to bypass, start machine and not blow myself up ?

[Stephen Blair]

Bingo!

what to do with yellow wire?