woodbutcher
Well-known Member
Mid-day temps here lately hit 105 degrees, and my 5610 sends the red needle on its temp gauge to the safe edge of the red zone, but I have to look close to see that the needle is covering the last little bit of the white on the gauge. I'm shredding pasture, and there was a lot of growth from all the rain last spring. It's been a couple of years since I replaced the thermostat, so I did that yesterday. I ran it a few hours this morning, and it stayed a little to the right of midpoint, with a lot of white showing. But I left both sides of the hood on the shop floor, and that may help cool the engine somewhat. This tractor has an undermount muffler, probably original to the tractor. I'm wondering if it might have accumulated enough rust chips over the years to restrict exhaust gases enough to make the tractor run hotter than it normally would. That's one reason I want to install a verical exhaust. Hey, Fordfarmer, my email is open if you want to discuss a manifold.
Butch
Butch