Fings wot broke

[john p]

Not the first weld that has failed on the machine! Forst st8 bracket that holds the hydraulic oil filter on, its seeping oil out and tomorrow we will have the welding guy in to try and sort it out.
 
It’s wearing a bit thin (my patience)

How old s the machine?

[Mick Dempsey]

650 hrs.

[john p]

650 hrs.

That’s low hours for bits to be cracking off IMO, still under warranty I assume?

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s a long story John, involving a franchise in another country, too boring to go into.

 

Redwood have been excellent in their service though, above and beyond.

[monkeybusiness]

How/where is the oil leaking from - surely not out of the crack as it just looks like a support bracket? 

[Mick Dempsey]

I guarantee you it’s from the crack, we spent ages isolating it.

[Khriss]

On 28/07/2017 at 17:40, PeteB said:

No names mentioned here but can you imagine the call to the boss about his new GreenMech which had a lump drop on it?

Long time post ( just seen it ) I would be fishtailing the transit van out of there ! Ohh my word ! K

[monkeybusiness]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I guarantee you it’s from the crack, we spent ages isolating it.

I don’t know anything about the Forst machines tbh - is that the hydraulic tank it’s welded to? From the pic I guessed it was the bottom of the rotor housing (hence my confusion). 

[swinny]

27 minutes ago, monkeybusiness said:

I don’t know anything about the Forst machines tbh - is that the hydraulic tank it’s welded to? From the pic I guessed it was the bottom of the rotor housing (hence my confusion). 

Same sort of setup on a jensen with regards to the hyd tank i suspect.... the tank is litterally under the chip chamber and the sides and bottom of the chip chamber make part of the tank up

[Gary Prentice]

6 hours ago, swinny said:

Same sort of setup on a jensen with regards to the hyd tank i suspect.... the tank is litterally under the chip chamber and the sides and bottom of the chip chamber make part of the tank up

That’s right, the curved bottom of the rotor chamber is the top panel of the tank.