[AT] SEMI OT: Friend Needs Kabota help

[John Deere]

A lot of the time ,overheating when brush hogging is due to seed and trash 
accumulation in the radiator especially on utility tractors that set down in 
the grass and weeds.  A simple but not very elegant fix is a sheet of window 
screen tied over front of the grill.  This keeps the radiator fins from 
clogging up and is much easier to clean than blowing out the radiator.

Dana
SE PA


>From: Mike Sloane <msloane at att.net>
>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] SEMI OT: Friend Needs Kabota help
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:33:05 -0400
>
>It seems to me that you used to be able to buy "pusher" fans for tractors - 
>instead of pulling air through the radiator (and grille), the blades were 
>angled the other way so they pushed air back, reducing the amount of chaff 
>that blocked the air flow through the radiator. I don't know whether such 
>fans are available for an old Kubota, but I know you can still find them 
>for older Fords.
>
>Mike
>
>David A. Laughead Jr. wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Thanks Dave... oh and the one friend that said they didn't know why the 
>>low
>>power take off being out on it would make it over heat is because we are
>>going to be bush hogging with it mostly and if you run the bush hog with 
>>the
>>high power take off you have to stop it frequently and wash the front of 
>>the
>>radiator to cool it off.  It is a great little tractor just gets hot easy
>>and having to run the bush hog with out the low power take off makes it 
>>get
>>hot worse!!!  I know I am a girl butwhen it comes to that tractor I know 
>>it,
>>my family has had this tractor since I was six (I am 22 now), it well it 
>>was
>>really old when we got it.
>>
>>Thanks again to everyone,
>>Dave Laughead
>>
>
>--
>Mike Sloane
>Allamuchy NJ
>Email: (msloane at att.net)
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