[Farmall] water temperature in 48 super a

Al Jones farmallsupera at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 11 15:16:55 PDT 2010


In my experience you got to really get it hot to see much of a change in the 
gauge.  Your gauge's behavior sounds normal.

Al

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From: "WALTER AVERY" <waltavery at embarqmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:07 PM
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [Farmall] water temperature in 48 super a

> i got a temp guage and lower water neck but it shows no temp rise.
> when i got the tractor i noticed the decal simmering on the side of
> the hood near the exhaust. i noticed someone enlarged the hole also
> for more sheetmetal clearance. i didnt find a leak in manifold or pipe. i 
> bought the guage to find if it was running hot. the needle never moves off 
> the bottom. i checked guage in pot of water and it seems ok. what do you 
> think the temp of the water in lower neck be when the motor has been 
> running for at least 15 minutes?
> 48 super a w/o water pump.
> thanks for your help in advance, Walt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 22:45:33 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] dirt in hydraulic unit
>
> If you don't want to tear into it, drain the system, pull the filter and
> wash it and see if you can flush out any sludge with the filter out. 
> Careful
> using solvents as they may attack the O-rings. To completely drain the
> system you'll need to pull the line off. Just how much sludge are you 
> seeing
> in there? If it is a lot you may need to just rebuild the whole unit so 
> you
> can get it clean. If one of the hydraulics is letting down while running 
> and
> then jumps back up, thats probably a broken spring. You have to remove the
> "head" (the end next to the battery box). You'll proably want to change 
> the
> little nylon valve while you are in there. Those hydraulics run trouble 
> free
> for years but when they start acting up, they can be a real pain and get
> quite expensive depending on what you have to have. The last one we opened
> up had to have the filter.
>
> John Hall
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "WALTER AVERY" <waltavery at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] dirt in hydraulic unit
>
>
>>i wonder if it is possible to flush out with solvent
>> not by using the hydraulics, just in the top and out
>> the drain. the dirt is laying in the bottom as viewed
>> through the drain and is at least 1/8" deep.
>> everything works, both sides, one side will creep down
>> and come back up to original position. i dont want to
>> dive into this in a major way at this point.
>>
>> what do you think? thanks, Walt
>
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