[AT] stiff tractor day

[Mike Sloane]

My problems with the later IH tractors' hydraulics not "warming up" is 
usually water in the hydraulic system turning to ice. The only solution 
seems to be draining the system, pumping out all the fluid (by running 
the engine with the drains all open), and then refilling with new fluid. 
Depending on the tractor, that could mean 15-20 gallons of fluid - not a 
cheap fix.

Mike

dfolske at nccray.net wrote:
> -34F here this morning and not supposed to warm up much during 
> the day today.  I'm not looking forward to starting the 1850 to feed 
> this afternoon.  With it plugged in I know it will start right up but 
> even letting the hydraulic oil circulate for a while doesn't get that 
> warm oil through the power steering cylinders and loader cylinder 
> until you've actually used them for a while.
> 

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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
mikesloane at verizon.net
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, 
signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not 
fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D. 
Eisenhower April 16, 1953


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