[AT] Allis 7030 running warm

[Spencer Yost]

Harbor freight has cheap infrared  thermometers that are great tools in times like these.   You can check the thermostat housing on both sides to ensure the gauge is really hooked up where you think it is or to double check the accuracy. You may need to clean the housing if it's is really dirty and grimy.  My experience is what you are measuring can be fairly dirty but serious caked on mess affects the reading.

It's great for trailer hubs too.  I check my hubs at nearly every stop to try to catch a bearing failure early.

Just a thought.  But it's sounds like you are nearly done and have done a great job.  My hats off to your tenacity!

Spencer

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> On Sep 27, 2014, at 23:45, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> 
> I finished disking this afternoon with the 7030.  I installed the 
> duals,   Duals were fun with my bad back and bum leg...removed the blown 
> muffler and installed a straight pipe about 16 inches above the cab.  It 
> really doesn't sound too bad.  Probably forget the muffler.
>  I washed the radiator out 4 times during the 10 hours of running,  I 
> have 2 gauges installed, I cannot tell where each one is connected.  One 
> would run as hot as 265 deg and the other would run up to 195 
> sometimes.  As I had said earlier, there are 2 connections with heat 
> gauge lines in the top rear of the thermostat housing.  It appears this 
> is where these gauges are connected.  I could not tell for certain 
> without an extra pair of hands.  However, I cannot see how one could 
> really be running at 265 without the radiator boiling over.  I was not 
> loosing coolant, so I kept running.    Maybe this gauge is connected to 
> the hyd oil.....
> There should be a baffle plate between the engine and the cab as the hot 
> air pouring into the cab from around the steering column and the 
> throttle is like sitting in front of a hair dryer.  A/C was putting out 
> cool air, but the input of heat from the engine and the R-134 
> refrigerant kept the cab at about 90 deg.  It was only 85 outside, so 
> .........
> The dash area would get so hot you could not hold you hand on it.   It 
> will soon get some insulation and a heat baffle.   I am thinking of 
> using some of that fire stop foam in a can....
> 
> The old girl pulled the disk pretty well.  I had to go over some places 
> more than 6 times to get it loosened up.  This ground was packed far 
> more than I expected by oil field mud application.  The compaction was 
> nearly the same all over the field,  I could not note any wheel 
> tracks.    I don't think I can drill wheat in this as it has too many 
> clods.   I may be able to broadcast fertilizer and then use the spreader 
> to broadcast wheat and harrow it for cover.  The drill will probably 
> over it too deep.
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