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Fred Werring · Sep 17, 2021

Mowing hay with a 69 Ford 4000. Killed the engine for a minute, antifreeze comes pouring out the bottom. It was coming from the petcock, was wide open.
Had to put a water pump in this past spring. Remember not getting any coolant from the petcock, pulled the hose to drain.
Apparently forgot to close the petcock. And must have been enough crud in the bottom of the radiator( I rinsed it out, but I don't get too carried away with a 52 year old radiator) to plug the drain.

And has been holding for a while...I've probably put 30 hours on the tractor since replacing the pump, a lot of it with the haybine just like today, and it just now gave way.

Weird

Fred

SVcummins · Sep 17, 2021

Look on the bright side you flushed some crap out of the radiator

37 chief · Sep 17, 2021

Don't feel too bad. Even the best of us make mistakes. I was mowing, and I'm always looking at the weeds. I see a black oil streak on the last pass. I stopped. I forgot to tighten the drain plug. It was back where the streak started I caught it in time. Stan

NEKS · Sep 18, 2021

Helping a neighbor when a kid. He was plowing with a L Case and 3-16's. He was plowing some tall weed and notice his plow getting oily. Lost drain plug out of rear end. He had it in shop earlier that spring.

cuby · Sep 18, 2021

If we don't make mistakes we are not doing anything.

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