Re: OK, now I am starting to get confused......nee

Posted by Bob M on November 04, 2004 at 07:09:08 from (165.170.128.65):

In Reply to: OK, now I am starting to get confused......need he posted by Brian in NY on November 04, 2004 at 06:07:26:

Brian – A couple thoughts:

1 – Are you overfilling the radiator? On my SH and SM if the coolant level with the engine cold is higher than about 1” from the bottom of the filler neck they’ll spit out the extra coolant when the engine heats up.

2 – The belt tension is certainly contributing to the problem - the loose belt causing both the fan and water pump to spin too slow. I had the same problem with the adjustment set screw on my SH (screw snapped off flush with the hub when I tried to loosen it). I got the busted end out by using an arc welder to build up a “nub” on top of the remaining portion of the screw. Then grabbed the nub with vice grips and the busted end turned neatly out. Apparently the heat of welding loosened whatever was holding the screw. Note: I replaced the set screw with a stainless one and coated the threads with Nevr Seez so as to not have the problem again!

Note that both my tractors tend to run hotter - as indicated by the temp gage - at idle than at speed. I presume this is on account of the low air flow thru the radiator at low idle and may be normal?

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