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FIlling MF255 Tires

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Jerry (AL)

04-18-2006 15:28:28




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I need to put some fluid back in my new tires. How much antifreeze and what is the process? Old rear tires, before a local hoodlum slashed all four, were filled with the bad stuff, calcium chloride. Tractor slips and spins too much when pulling a disk or plow. I also like the ride with the filled tires. Not so much bouncing around. You wouldn't think that 5700 pounds would bounce and spin much but does.

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Dave Sherburne NY

04-20-2006 20:14:40




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 Re: FIlling MF255 Tires in reply to Jerry (AL), 04-18-2006 15:28:28  
I just did this on a 12.4x28 MF35 . Take your
own barrels to a local car dealer,or somebody who
fixes engines they always drain the old antifreeze
and put in new and they have to pay to have the old stuff hauled away . Most of them have furnaces that burn used oil around here so they have a pump to pump the stuff. There is usually oil mixed with it.
but if you pump from their barrel to yours, and
stop as soon as you see oil, you won't get much oil.because the oil floats on top. Took 2 barrels for mine 110 gallons . THEN you get an adapter from www.Gemplers.com, part No. AQF1 $13.95 don't get the cheap one. Get some
pipe fittings to go from the barrel thru a long
washing machine hose to the adapter, screw to the
valve stem. With the tire still on the tractor,
put the valve stem at the top jack up the tractor
to take the weight of the tire and eliminate the flat spot at the bottom. The barrel should be laid down flat on the back of your truck so
gravity will help. Did I mention you need a valve
at the barrel to control the flow. At your local
hardware you can get a gizmo with 1/4 " pipe threads on one end, and a valve stem on the other
this is screwed into the other hole in the barrel
and used to pressurize the barrel to MAXIMUM OF
10 POUNDSor less Open the valve, and let the antifreeze
flow into the tire until it comes out the adapter.
Turn off the valve, remove the adapter and screw the valve tube core housing back in the tube
This is where you find out you should have put
the valve core back in the housing while you were
waiting for the fluid to fill the tire. I used plastic barrels. If you have a little oil float
ing on top of the AF stop befor it runs into the
tube. These instructions are not in the right order, but it will give you the idea.Somewhere
there is a table of how much fluid it takes to do the job but I don't have the internet address. Took me about 20 min per tire.Questions? Email me

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wombat2

04-18-2006 19:35:29




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 Re: FIlling MF255 Tires in reply to Jerry (AL), 04-18-2006 15:28:28  
I use an old stirrup pump I bought from a garage sale. Use a combination of fittings to connect it to the tube and pump out of a 2 gallon bucket. It is slow but works.



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