Ok got the machines all mended and am trying to turn my purple ore into flat white ore and it is not happening.I have followed the quest guide and the ore is not going into the water tank. As for the pulling of levers 3 and 4 (44344344).....what's that all about?You cannot rotate the crane when the claw is down.
Help anyone please?

try retracing your steps, even if you have used the guide you may have missed something small. I know when i did quests it happened to me every once in a while... i would always find out what i missed after i re-traced my steps.

Good luck.

Thanks and I have retraced my steps loads of times and still no joy. Ah well. Thanks for replying

hey no problem at all, if you still have trouble at my time tomorrow.. well i'll try and help you out some more... just tell me