Digger

We had a rather frustrating day today, we did manage to get the fuel and hydraulic tanks free enough to get to what we’d hoped were the offending valves, however they were as good as new and most certainly not full of rubbish or stuck.

We then did so well that we reassembled all of the (mainly while it was still fresh in the memory!) and tested again with no noticeable difference, possibly a very minor improvement but that is probably just down to fresh oil. Certainly still not good enough to use.

Unfortunately this takes us back to the drawing board a bit, it’s either going to be a very serious issue inside the main control valve block or a very minor issue with one of the many aftermarket components – however none of that has drawings so it’s a very slow process of tracing hoses. Hopefully if we keep plodding on a few Monday / Tuesday’s for a while we’ll find it, it’s just going to take a while.

In unrelated matters, we’ll be working out on the track, just outside Maldon Yard on Thursday, changing fishplates in preparation for installing concrete sleepers. Meeting at Maldon at 8am or just out the way from about 8.05am onwards.