SimonL2

A520861 is the number off the V5 - can anyone help me to date it from that?

Thanks Robin. That had me scratching my head initially! I think I'll just rely on the batteries & nice thick jump leads if necessary! 

4 hours ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

Like you, Richard, I'm trying to get the grey cells working, but it has been a good many years. As I recall the Mk1 &2 had the crab steer facility, with a 3 way change valve between the drivers feet. You had to pull the handle up to unlock it then turn to select, push back down to lock. Mk3 only had 2 and 4 steer with the lever change shown in the picture above. Allinson transmission, definitely not Clarke

That would make mine a Mk 3 seemingly then. Whether that's a good or bad thing I have no idea! But it's nice to build up the knowledge thanks.

Mine's as per yours - it's the *crab* steer that I/we don't have. Not sure if the crab steer was there on the early versions & then removed, or if it was introduced as an extra feature in later models. I mentioned it to help date mine - plate is corroded.

As for the brakes - my intention is absolutely to fix them, but I'm keen to understand it as much as possible before loading/driving/towing it home for the repair phase.

21 minutes ago, Ashcollection said:

Yes get those brakes working! when I got mine the rear axle pinion bearings had collapsed and the brakes where totally seized. so we took the axle of and split it and re-built the whole thing. before the days of the mobile phone camera, in those days you just did a repair and forgot about it. Shame you have lost the back actor, very useful bit of kit and a dam good counter weight when dragging dead wheeled armour suspend towed under the bucket! 

Thanks for the info. In the absence of brakes - can you stuff it into reverse & rev to stop? Will this cause any damage? I think I read in the manual that you can shuttle into reverse with no max speed mentioned. The only reference to speed was when shifting from 2nd down into first.

Mine is 2 speed with no crab steer - IDK if that helps to date it?

My back acter was forfeited for a pickup hitch many years ago unfortunately. First stop- brakes. Fluid reservoirs empty & pedal seized

Thanks,

It's going to take a little bit of love to extract the info off the data plate unfortunately.

For now, here's a photo taken in miserable light...

Hi,

Glad to have found this forum. I've just bought a Muir HIll A5000 & have already used some useful info from this site.

No doubt there will be questions from me - a mechanical novice, but fairly clued up with electrical/electronic issues.

Thanks,

Simon.