[AT] Got some raking to do

[Charlie V]

Ditto on crimping off radiator tubes.  Vise grips work well to make the
crimp tight.

Lucky man to get fill dirt from the town.  Mendon will not give residents a
grain of sand.  Town takes it all to fill the old landfill sight.

On Oct 18, 2016 1:01 PM, "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you don't want to replace the radiator right away just break out the
> cooling fins
> around the leaking tubes and crimp the tubes off.  Then you can solder
them
> shut.
> It won't have much effect on the cooling unless you are working the
tractor
> very hard.
> Bend the end of the tube over and crimp it shut.  Then solder.  It won't
> look pretty but
> it's been done many times by others.
>
> Tractor Supply might just have those brass nuts you need.  If not they can
> be ordered online.
> I wouldn’t worry much about it.  Just put Steel nuts on it.  Better yet
use
> stainless steel studs
> and nuts and put never seize on the threads both in the manifold and on
the
> nut end.
> My experience with brass nuts is that they come loose.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Williams
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 11:14 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] Got some raking to do
>
> We wanted to raise the level of the soil in front of our new house, which
> was built quite tall because we're reusing the septic tank from the burned
> house, and this house is a little downhill from that tank.  Also, the
ground
> has always been a mess because it's really an old farm dumpsite, with
> multiple barns bulldozed under over the years, lots of concrete and
asphalt,
> etc., and the surface had a lot of gravel and plaster, really not the best
> soil.  Anyway, we had about 20 truckloads of fill dropped off by the town
> (free) and paid the neighbor kid, who works in excavation, to move the
soil
> and level it with a rented Bobcat track loader.  There were some rocks and
> concrete in the fill (even some big ones) which he separated out when he
> could, and he compacted it pretty well with that loader.  Overall it was
> pretty good soil, and we should be able to seed it without paying for
> topsoil, if we can get it raked up to accept seed.  Plus raking it will
help
> us find any other rocks we should pull out before seeding.  I have a York
> rake, but it has a broken weld on it.  Need to weld that up with flux core
> wire, and also need to get my MF135 working.  I tried to patch the leak in
> the radiator with JB Weld, but the leak went farther than I thought, so as
> soon as I refilled, it was leaking like crazy.  Now I'll try once more
with
> epoxy, and if it fails again, I'll order a replacement.  They're about
$137,
> not terrible. but they're talking about charging us a LOT to hook the gas
> line up to the new house, so money is getting really tight as this house
> project drags on.
>
>
>
> I also have a broken exhaust manifold, and got a new replacement with
> gaskets, but didn't get any studs/nuts with that.  Will an auto parts
store
> like AutoZone or Advance Auto have the brass nuts for the studs?  I
haven't
> been by one to ask, just hoping that's the case.  It runs with the broken
> manifold, but chokes me out with black smoke if it gets bogged down, and
is
> quite loud.  Actually, I believe there was a big chunk missing off the
> backside of the manifold flange when I bought it, that I never noticed
until
> the other two broke away, so it should be quieter than ever, once
replaced.
>
>
>
> I have to say this little diesel is very satisfying to run, the way it
> really seems to dig in when the going gets tough.  I've got to try to find
> some good metal to make a brush guard with, to protect the radiator from
> future damage.  Does anyone have any suggestions for sources of free scrap
> metal?  I'm thinking I can probably find some old bed frames, something
like
> that.  There was a cast iron sewer grate in the fill dirt, that would be
> awesome as a grill guard (not very convenient to remove, but would work
as a
> weight on the front) - but not something I'm equipped to attach to the
front
> of the tractor.  Actually, the kid may have buried it with the rocks,
> anyway.
>
>
>
> Scott in Penfield NY
>
>
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