sunsettractor
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Hi All,
My '48 D was fitted with this home made fixture to replace the radiator by the prior owner. It has been working but limiting my play time on the tractor to
about a half hour before the temp goes over about 190. I have been collecting parts for awhile, A new core, shutters and linkage, gaskets, bolt kit ect, to make
the tractor "Whole' again and have started the tear down. If I remember right, the prior owner said he didn't, or could not find a source on a new radiator
core, so he fabbed this out of stainless plate and tubing he had laying around. One positive to this is he used all new grade 8 bolts to put it all together,
there isn't really any corrosion so it should come apart fairly easy, with hopefully no bolt breakage. On the negative side though, the upper tank has a lot of
welding done, and the passage for the shutter control rod has been filled in with some kind of epoxy or JB weld, so that will have to be dealt with. This will
be the first time I have assembled a radiator like this, with a top and bottom tank held together with bolts, I was wondering what you folks would recommend to
use as a sealer on the tank gaskets, they are the rubberized cork type, and all the bolts that hold the tank to the core. I might have to to have more repairs
done to the top tank after renewing the shutter rod passage, we'll see when we get there. I really want this to go back together "right the first time", so any
advice on sealing this properly would be Greatly Appreciated, Thanks...Tom
My '48 D was fitted with this home made fixture to replace the radiator by the prior owner. It has been working but limiting my play time on the tractor to
about a half hour before the temp goes over about 190. I have been collecting parts for awhile, A new core, shutters and linkage, gaskets, bolt kit ect, to make
the tractor "Whole' again and have started the tear down. If I remember right, the prior owner said he didn't, or could not find a source on a new radiator
core, so he fabbed this out of stainless plate and tubing he had laying around. One positive to this is he used all new grade 8 bolts to put it all together,
there isn't really any corrosion so it should come apart fairly easy, with hopefully no bolt breakage. On the negative side though, the upper tank has a lot of
welding done, and the passage for the shutter control rod has been filled in with some kind of epoxy or JB weld, so that will have to be dealt with. This will
be the first time I have assembled a radiator like this, with a top and bottom tank held together with bolts, I was wondering what you folks would recommend to
use as a sealer on the tank gaskets, they are the rubberized cork type, and all the bolts that hold the tank to the core. I might have to to have more repairs
done to the top tank after renewing the shutter rod passage, we'll see when we get there. I really want this to go back together "right the first time", so any
advice on sealing this properly would be Greatly Appreciated, Thanks...Tom