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JCB 3CX PROJECT 8 PROBLEM?

I HAVE A JCB 3CX GREY CAB SIDE DASH PROJECT 8, I AM LOSING FORWARD DRIVE NOW AND AGAIN, ROAD WORK MAINLY, SOMETIMES THE DRIVE GOES BUT NOT COMPLETLY THEN COMES BACK, IT SEEMS LIKE A LACK OF OIL BUT IT IS NOT, CHANGED FILTER AND TAKEN THE INTERNAL MESH GAUZE OUT THE BOTTOM OF TORQUE CONVERTER AND HAD METAL FILINGS N THE ODD BIT OF METAL, NOT NICE, CAN ANY1 HELP ME TO WHAT COULD BE WRONG? CLUTCH PACKS MAYBE GOING?
GERAINT JONES, December 2009
hi
u must look to the joystick under the steering.that shift drive forward and rearward.cause this joystick may be lost a electric contact and make it week to the valves up gearbox.as i understnad u lost movments some times and some times work noemally,dear hope to help u
best regards

wasso83, March 2011
i have now found out that the internal filter at the bottom of the torque converter was blocked with metal filings, over 8000hrs worth, cleaned the mesh filter, flushed torque converter out, new oil and filters, goin like a bomb now again :)

geraint, February 2010
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