thats a great help Dougy, thanks. it apprears i am completely missing a bracket, in this photo you can see whats missing, i have the ram and the second arm but nothing to join the ram to it :nut:
im also missing a whole lot of other parts so am making a spline shaft to go into the PTO and into a aftermarket pump with a connecting piece (for when the crane is not in use) pain in the bum but so be it. the spool valves in those pics are different to my ones, only slightly, are they aftermarket? im in need of new ones as one of the arm-spool piston connections has snapped and not repairable. any pics you could get and dimentions of the part missing would be great, i can then make a new one from there.
jez