The 'Today's Job' thread

[Furniss]

It looks like the injector your finger is pointing at, I`m not super familiar with the merc system but there should be a filter in the system, and maybe an air/water separator filter, often get overlooked at service.
As @V8Druid says someone to plug in would be worth it, to point you in the right direction (provided they know their onions), usually any failure, sensor, wiring, out of parameters stops them working.

Is there a Facebook group for merc trucks, sometimes they can be a goldmine for common fault fixes etc

Will have a look cheers

 

[William127]

Great couple of days clearing scrub, clearing ditches, ripping out fencing and generally tidying/burning up
Perfect weather for it but I wish I'd remembered a pair of warm gloves- minus 4 this morning
Newly fitted thumb works just as well as I remembered

 

[Giles]

Not sure where to post so going here

Don’t see many new extending dipper machines

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Not sure where to post so going here

Don’t see many new extending dipper machines

I LIKE that! E32 is a funny weight. Presumably from somewhere in the world that they can legally tow that? Always seems surprising that the first world always has sliding dippers on Backhoe but not on 360 machines. You would soon learn its limits and then benefit from the extra reach I should have thought? On S30 QH? Looks very low build up on hitch.

Edit - googled it and its from Wales?

 

[JD450A]

Mini digger extending arms don't like hydralic hammers and most people lack the Imagination to get use out of them.
I have a spare that would suit a 216/016 on the shelf, wants a refurb but good tool....

 

[Giles]

I LIKE that! E32 is a funny weight. Presumably from somewhere in the world that they can legally tow that? Always seems surprising that the first world always has sliding dippers on Backhoe but not on 360 machines. You would soon learn its limits and then benefit from the extra reach I should have thought? On S30 QH? Looks very low build up on hitch.

Edit - googled it and its from Wales?

Think it’s Canada isn’t it, yes it is

 

[Furniss]

Scaping track off ready to restone up so trades can get in.
mrs rang suggested i set off home, i was happy to get home, was parked at steepish cambered junction waiting to get out and whole truck slid sideways across to the curb, lucky it was there otherwise it was ditch ! snow with us is a rare event thankfully.

 

[William127]

Great couple of days clearing scrub, clearing ditches, ripping out fencing and generally tidying/burning up
Perfect weather for it but I wish I'd remembered a pair of warm gloves- minus 4 this morning
Newly fitted thumb works just as well as I remembered

Lost my thumb but gained a cab today

 

[Gecko]

Beginning to warm up here ...

 

[Rob65]

Beginning to warm up here ...

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A mate of mine is in Melbourne at the moment. He said it was 18 degrees C there one day and then jumped to 40 odd degrees literally in the space of 24 hrs. And is forecast to stay hot for the foreseeable future. Don’t know if that’s normal for that part of the world.

 

[Gecko]

A mate of mine is in Melbourne at the moment. He said it was 18 degrees C there one day and then jumped to 40 odd degrees literally in the space of 24 hrs. And is forecast to stay hot for the foreseeable future. Don’t know if that’s normal for that part of the world.

It's normally the other way around - creeps up over ten days and then crashes when a cold front blows through (rinse and repeat).
I'm a couple of hundred km north of melb and typically 5C hotter.

 

[Lancs Lad]

A mate of mine is in Melbourne at the moment. He said it was 18 degrees C there one day and then jumped to 40 odd degrees literally in the space of 24 hrs. And is forecast to stay hot for the foreseeable future. Don’t know if that’s normal for that part of the world.

Cousin lives there
Yep gets stinking hot at times. Fire bans etc.
But I'd say overall it's a pretty nice climate yera round

 

[Storrsy]

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Scaping track off ready to restone up so trades can get in.
mrs rang suggested i set off home, i was happy to get home, was parked at steepish cambered junction waiting to get out and whole truck slid sideways across to the curb, lucky it was there otherwise it was ditch ! snow with us is a rare event thankfully.
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I had an Amazon driver turn up in the field I was working at the other day. Was dark and I was just shutting digger down- hed wedged his van into the hedge (stone faced bank) on a 25% hill next to where I was working- could barely stand on it for slipping no way I was backing the truck down there to pull him out so tracked the digger down- when I hit the ice it took off like a rocket, blade down made no difference so shoved bucket in the hedge to stop myself! Took me 45 mins to get him and myself back up the hill, as soon as you took bucket up to reposition it started sliding again!

 

[Furniss]

not venturing out this morning either, they dont really have the kit for road clearance here and it froze last night after a brief thaw and you cant stand up on the roads in the village, went for an early morning wander with the mrs instead.

They made a tidy job of the demo - just bit of wall and leccy boxes bottom left remain

 

[JD450A]

I had an Amazon driver turn up in the field I was working at the other day. Was dark and I was just shutting digger down- hed wedged his van into the hedge (stone faced bank) on a 25% hill next to where I was working- could barely stand on it for slipping no way I was backing the truck down there to pull him out so tracked the digger down- when I hit the ice it took off like a rocket, blade down made no difference so shoved bucket in the hedge to stop myself! Took me 45 mins to get him and myself back up the hill, as soon as you took bucket up to reposition it started sliding again!

Yeah, walk away.

 

[doobin]

not venturing out this morning either, they dont really have the kit for road clearance here and it froze last night after a brief thaw and you cant stand up on the roads in the village, went for an early morning wander with the mrs instead.
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They made a tidy job of the demo - just bit of wall and leccy boxes bottom left remain
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What a waste of lovely looking buildings.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I had an Amazon driver turn up in the field I was working at the other day. Was dark and I was just shutting digger down- hed wedged his van into the hedge (stone faced bank) on a 25% hill next to where I was working- could barely stand on it for slipping no way I was backing the truck down there to pull him out so tracked the digger down- when I hit the ice it took off like a rocket, blade down made no difference so shoved bucket in the hedge to stop myself! Took me 45 mins to get him and myself back up the hill, as soon as you took bucket up to reposition it started sliding again!

Wish there was a video of that

 

[Furniss]

What a waste of lovely looking buildings.

edf workers housing that hasnt been used for ages - top 4 seem occupied occasionally, seems a real waste yeah.

 

[Furniss]

give you all a laugh
Got my adblue repair quote in today, computer says its blocked, dealers say only answer is replace doser and injector nozzle, local indépendant says cleaning them is hit and miss and they often end up at dealers a month later so cough up and be happy to be doing your bit to stave off global disaster.

 

[hiluxman]

give you all a laugh
Got my adblue repair quote in today, computer says its blocked, dealers say only answer is replace doser and injector nozzle, local indépendant says cleaning them is hit and miss and they often end up at dealers a month later so cough up and be happy to be doing your bit to stave off global disaster.
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Whats the fine if caught for having it deleted .