Thwaites radiator hose

Nick...

Nick...

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My Thwaites bottom rad hose has nearly been cut through By the fan belt.its a 7000 model mach073 serial number 9-96547 part no 15297.ive called pretty much every dealer advertising parts for dumpers today but no one can help and part was discontinued in 2009.anyone got any suggestions or suppliers of a substitute size I may be able to use
thanks
nick...
 
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Monkeybusiness

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Can you not get a silicon boy-racer special off eBay, or similar bends and a short length of the correct od alu tube and some jubilee clips to make up your own?
 
Nick...

Nick...

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I assume it's a Perkins engine? Have you got sizes etc I'll see if there's something in the stores?
Yes it is a Perkins engine.I think pirtek May be able to help having spoke to them.wont know internal diameter till I get hose of but it’s Sod’s law I’m really busy with it at the moment.having looked on www a straight length of wire reinforced pipe from demon tweaks may work by putting a big diameter bend in it.plently of room to do this.
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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
failing all else, can you make up a steel (stainless ideally) pipe to cater for the directional changes with simple straight ends at the connection points and make the connections with short rubbers or alternatively replace the worn area with a bit of steel pipe, shaped to suit .... 2mm steel will last pretty well and not difficult to cut/shut, to shape :rolleyes:;)(y)
 
Nick...

Nick...

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Had no luck anywhere and must have called 12/15 dealers.cautrac been most helpful but no success anywhere.thwaites ain’t bothered either.think it’s pretty poor discontinuing stuff 10 years after manufacture.i know for a fact I could go to my John Deere dealer in Norwich and get parts of the shelf for a 60s tractor or by 8 am next morning.anyway I’ve searched on eBay and got a straight length of silicone pipe,a v bend pipe and a 90degree bend and some alloy joiners and jubilee clips and hopefully that will sort me out
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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Had no luck anywhere and must have called 12/15 dealers.cautrac been most helpful but no success anywhere.thwaites ain’t bothered either.think it’s pretty poor discontinuing stuff 10 years after manufacture.i know for a fact I could go to my John Deere dealer in Norwich and get parts of the shelf for a 60s tractor or by 8 am next morning.anyway I’ve searched on eBay and got a straight length of silicone pipe,a v bend pipe and a 90degree bend and some alloy joiners and jubilee clips and hopefully that will sort me out
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Hilti are the same ... will never buy another Hilti tool .. got a perfect/the best drill they ever made U/s, for the want of a pair of brushes 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
 
Quattromike

Quattromike

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Hilti are the same ... will never buy another Hilti tool .. got a perfect/the best drill they ever made U/s, for the want of a pair of brushes 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
You can get brushes to fit hilti from other places. You need to measure them up and check the specs but there’s no tot of power tools out there that someone doesn’t make aftermarket brushes for
 
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LKSF

Pennine Hillbilly
Water cooled? Water cooled?
I think you'll find real men drive Air cooled dumpers 💪
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Haha, you got me there, I do like my electric start 👌
The old thing fires up well too for its age and not having glowplugs.
got a twin Petter on an old Thwaites Alligator, which is an anti-clock swing :oops::( .... that really is 'interesting' :rolleyes: ..... think about it and imagine swinging it :unsure:o_O
 
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Mick-the-fitter

Mick-the-fitter

It’s what I do!
got a twin Petter on an old Thwaites Alligator, which is an anti-clock swing :oops::( .... that really is 'interesting' :rolleyes: ..... think about it and imagine swinging it :unsure:o_O
Do you start her on one or two pots?🤔
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Do you start her on one or two pots?🤔
both on decomp to get it turning, drop one in 'til it pops and then the 2nd ..... 'tis a bitch of a thing to wind backwards and has nearly had me a few times -- just not intuitive after winding so many clockwise -- I'm right handed .... might feel better for a lefty ? :unsure::rolleyes:
 
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