William Fissell
Member
Hi, All,
replace temp gauge and sender unit with new one form this site. As discussed before, not an easy job to get the new nut tight enough to seal. In fact, I don't think it will. I used a brandy-new special-bought flare wrench and it ain't happening. Got to the point where it was leaking and wouldn't come out and wouldn't go in.
I resorted to the hack of using a drift and a hammer to impact-loosen and tighten the brass fitting a bit tighter. It now leaks a drop every few minutes. I ran the tractor up and down the hill a few times ot get the temp up a little and the coolant circulating and it never spewed, just a little drip.
Option 1- take out the 'land-of-almost-right' temp gauge and sender, kiss the money i spent on it goodbye,a nd get a replacement from CNH. Run risk of repeating this all over again.
Option 2 - back the fitting out one more time with the drift and mallet, slip an o-ring on it, and tighten again. Risk getting it so kermungled that I revert to Option 1.
Option 3- live witht he slow leak under pressure
Option 4 - barsleak or another additive that will seal the slow leak.
Opinions?
Also, dumb question: to get at the gas tank, is it possible to loosen the rear hood mounts, and just swivel the whole hood and grille forward on the two mounting bolts at the bottom of the nose? Or do i ahve to take the whole thing off and on?
thanks!
replace temp gauge and sender unit with new one form this site. As discussed before, not an easy job to get the new nut tight enough to seal. In fact, I don't think it will. I used a brandy-new special-bought flare wrench and it ain't happening. Got to the point where it was leaking and wouldn't come out and wouldn't go in.
I resorted to the hack of using a drift and a hammer to impact-loosen and tighten the brass fitting a bit tighter. It now leaks a drop every few minutes. I ran the tractor up and down the hill a few times ot get the temp up a little and the coolant circulating and it never spewed, just a little drip.
Option 1- take out the 'land-of-almost-right' temp gauge and sender, kiss the money i spent on it goodbye,a nd get a replacement from CNH. Run risk of repeating this all over again.
Option 2 - back the fitting out one more time with the drift and mallet, slip an o-ring on it, and tighten again. Risk getting it so kermungled that I revert to Option 1.
Option 3- live witht he slow leak under pressure
Option 4 - barsleak or another additive that will seal the slow leak.
Opinions?
Also, dumb question: to get at the gas tank, is it possible to loosen the rear hood mounts, and just swivel the whole hood and grille forward on the two mounting bolts at the bottom of the nose? Or do i ahve to take the whole thing off and on?
thanks!