Good and Bad today

NY 986 · Oct 14, 2018

I always check fluids on equipment even if the last time tested in the "full" range. I do a walk through before the combine (JD 6620) hits the field and today it took 2 1/2 gallons of coolant. I look around the engine compartment and it is dry. I decide to do a check ahead of bedtime and see a slow drip in the heater hose splice. It made me feel a whole lot better after I gave a couple full turns of the hose clamp to see no more drips. I don't have to lay awake paranoid about a blown head gasket or bad head. It was a nice day but took a while to warm up to 60 and we had the occasional cloud float by to slow the dry out. 100 foot sample run had too many un-thrashed pods for my liking so I did not get to run. Hopefully, the unsettled period for weather is pretty short. Had a hard drought for part of June and July but holding hope for a respectable crop.

SVcummins · Oct 14, 2018

The heater hoses leaked on my 7700 so just caped them off no need for heat in a combine around this part of the country

paul · Oct 15, 2018

That?s what I said when the valve in the cab of the L3 I got last year didn?t work.

I was sure bundled up last year when it was 35 for a high, and cloudy, for the last couple weeks of harvest! Yikes. Had to buy new batteries for it, previous owner had car batteries in it, not enough cca when it was 23 degrees in the forenoon......

What are the odds 2 years of that.... been that cold again now, tho supposed to warm up the next few days.

Paul

37chief · Oct 15, 2018

Stuff like that will sure keep you awake all right. Stan

4520BW · Oct 15, 2018

Had a heater hose blow on the 9510 Saturday and sprayed on the cylinder drive belt causing it to plug and shear the bolt.

IA Roy · Oct 15, 2018

Probably more than a drip when system warm and pressurized. Good for you to always check fluids. Should also check for debris accumulation. My brother found a cracked exhaust manifold blowing at a pile of cornstalks. Too close to a catastrophe. I have heard of teeing into a heater hose for fire protection. If you run out of coolant before the fire is out, overheating the engine is the least of you're problems. That would only backup handheld fire extinguisher. Be vigilant and safe!

SVcummins · Oct 15, 2018

All the combining I do it?s 100 degrees out so I?ve never had to turn the heater on it would be kinda fun to actually combine in cold weather

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