[AT] My MF135 at work

Mon Sep 19 00:56:08 PDT 2016

It's copper, I may see if I can do it myself (with my dad's help.)  Seems
like a very small break in the front  of one of the tubes.

New radiators are $138 delivered, but of course that's not for copper.

And it's overdue for a good cleaning!

I was thinking I'd try to solder the copper, but now I see multiple videos
of people fixing holes in radiators with JB Weld.  I'll have to see how much
of the broken tube I can reasonably expose.

Scott in Penfield NY

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Scott,

I would try and get the radiator repaired at a shop that does
equipment/industrial radiator repair.  Don't take it to shops that do car
radiators.  Unless the core is bad it is easy to repair.  If you replace
bring a wheel barrel full of money with you.

Gary

Renton, WA.

PS a shop in Seattle charged me $100. to repair my JD-450 radiator earlier
this year.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sun, Sep 18, 2016 11:57 am
Subject: Re: [AT] My MF135 at work

I always back in to overgrown areas. You are just as prone to hit something
with the bushog either way but at least you don't beat up your tractor.

John Hall

On 9/18/2016 12:34 PM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
> Scott would it make any since to go in back wards, i know it would be 
> a pain in the neck.
>
> R Fink Sr
>
> PA
>
>
> On 9/17/2016 9:29 PM, Scott Williams wrote:
>> I do keep an eye on the grill area, I know all the flyaway organic 
>> fluff can clog the intake, and I do keep an eye on the temp gauge.  
>> Today I overdid it, and something punched a hole through the grill and
into the radiator.
>> Now I'll have to get that fixed or replace it.  I'm not just mowing 
>> the lawn here, though, so I'm not too surprised or upset.  This is 
>> rougher going than the video I posted, because I'm getting into more 
>> of the bushes and fallen trees (hence the punched radiator.)
>>
>> I'm getting to a point where I need to go in with my chainsaws and 
>> take out some of the smaller trees to open up the area around the 
>> pond, so I can get the tractor in between the bigger trees to do some
clearing.
>>
>> Scott in Penfield NY
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bo Hinch
>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:51 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] My MF135 at work
>>
>> Be sure and keep your radiator / grill clean . It is this kind of a 
>> job where you can ruin an engine pretty quick if not paying attention 
>> to you temp. gauge . Looks to me like you are doing one hell-of-a good
job .
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:38 PM, <vschwartz1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott;
>>> I have seen some tough mowing in my time but I have never done any 
>>> mowing that would even remotely compare to what you have 
>>> accomplished here. All I can say is that you and your little 135 
>>> done good. I was going to tell you to watch your engine temperature 
>>> gauge but I do not think that it's necessary now.
>>> I once pulled 6/16 inch bottoms plowing in a field in the Missouri 
>>> River bottoms. A field that had weeds so tall I could not see over 
>>> them standing on the Fender of an 856 International. We had to stop 
>>> at the end of each row to clean the bugs off the radiator. I thought 
>>> that was tough but it don't compare to what you just did.
>>> Thank you for the video, I would have had trouble believing it.
>>> Gil
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "Scott Williams" <swillia5 at rochester.rr.com>
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 1:47:34 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] My MF135 at work
>>>
>>> Here's a picture from last week looking towards the area where the 
>>> video was taken, no more tall grass and brush.
>>>
>>> Scott in Penfield NY
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Scott 
>>> Williams
>>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:29 PM
>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> Subject: [AT] My MF135 at work
>>>
>>> A few weeks ago, I was so happy to finally have my tractor un-stuck 
>>> and clearing brush, so I took some video. You REALLY couldn't walk 
>>> through some of this terrain without a machete. Also, the "grass" 
>>> was so tall, that I would lose my sense of direction when I got into 
>>> it, and began to feel claustrophobic. Only the sound of the road let 
>>> me know
>> which way was out.
>>> I have literally gone in circles out there before, trying to find a 
>>> "shortcut" to my stuck tractor.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let me apologize for the shaky camera work in this video. I have ET 
>>> (Essential Tremor) so my camera work is less than stellar. I could 
>>> probably have edited out half of it, but I don't have time or 
>>> patience for editing video these days, so I posted it as-is. The 
>>> going got sort of rough here and there, causing me to lose focus on 
>>> the camera (and annoyingly letting my finger drop into the frame 
>>> here and there.) After viewing it, I realized that the camera was 
>>> looking where I was looking - and that's not always where a viewer would
want me to look.
>>> I look down to see if I'm about to run over a rock, not up to see 
>>> where I'm going. So, when I watched the video, I kept "wishing" I'd 
>>> raise the camera to look at the path ahead. If you watch, you'll 
>>> wish that too, LOL. Also, when I took the video, I thought I had a 
>>> piece of wood stuck in the flail making a lot of noise.
>>> Later inspection showed that a cotter pin had come out, and allowed 
>>> the flail knives to move out too far, hitting the housing (and 
>>> making
>>> NOISE.) I have since replaced all the cotters and knife holders with 
>>> bolts - when I did it I found that about half were missing the cotters.
>> ROUGH MOWING!
>>>
>>> Anyway, here's the link to the video. https://youtu.be/zzrjLiJ1aQU
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott in Penfield NY
>>>
>>>
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