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2tractors · Nov 25, 2013

My radiator on the 35 standard gas came back from the repair shop and couldn"t be cleaned out. He said it was so stopped up someone must have put block seal thru it. Tried using a spare 35 radiator but would have to use without the english hood so its time to bite the bullet and order a new one at about 1/3 the price of the tractor.With the tractor being bought in Florida and a Po in Ga. I would think the chances of a block problem would be minimum.

Tony in Mass. · Nov 25, 2013

R U still looking at temp gauges??? Got to cure you of that habit. go look at the cute French chick in my new post.... don't stare at her gauges either... even tho the bizels look mint and original... bathed in soft smooth diesel fuel....

2tractors · Nov 26, 2013

She does have rosy red cheeks but looks like she needs her diaper changed.Is this babe yours?
After the vinegar and head cleaning the "gauge" did read in the green but with finally getting some flow the steam and the infared told the true story.

Tony in Mass. · Nov 26, 2013

See now, if you learned French, you'd know is wasn't for sale... well the way I word things... maybe you still wouldn't know... Inno can barely figure out my French, and he's in real 'courier de bois' country...
I wouldn't mind having one... even if they are all diesels-!!
So what exactly you got there? Is that a French made gasoline 35? or??
I think you need a yellow pages. You need to bring that radiator to someone who will re-core it, or unsolder the top and bottom and check each tube. It can't be so exotic that a new core can't be fitted. I would need some pictures to do any further thinking and pondering the meaning of radiators.... brace rod on the left or right.... angle of the top and bottom hose necks... got to be interchangeable with something else out there...

2tractors · Nov 26, 2013

It"s made in Denmark and I tried running a skew down thru the top and was lucky to get it out again,seems most of the acummulation came loose with the vinegar and cooked hard in the radiator, the donor 35 neck needs to be turned 30 degrees and the inside of hood bent plus a dose of black pepper to stop its leak. Original standard radiator also has 2 flues soldered shut with po leaks.Closest thing we got to french down south are the canadians.

Jason S. · Nov 27, 2013

Have you ever cleaned one with lye or draino?

Bob (Aust) · Nov 28, 2013

If it is a UK built tractor with a radiator made by Coventry Radiator Company Ltd, it is "cleanable" and every effort should be made to clean and retain the original quality radiator, rather than replacing it with an after market radiator of dubious quality, made in the land of "near enough is good enough".

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