Richard
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
The job from H***.
Brutus is leaking a bit of hydraulic fluid from the front. I fear that the hydraulic pump is heading south. Tell the wife, I HAVE to go in there and check it out before it gets worse (which it has been)
Take things apart, find out, there is a hydaulic oil RADIATOR in front of the "radiator" that as it turns out...is the culpret!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I figure much cheaper and easier to fix than the pump.
It has been leaking from the top, the fan sucking the oil INSIDE the fins and with dirt and all, it is really CAKED with muck. This also explains why Brutus will overheat sometimes. No airflow!!!
Take it off so I can get it fixed...figure I'll take "regular" radiator out also & have checked...what???
I have ANOTHER radiator...seems the transmission radiator is sandwiched between the two.. Ok, well, 7 HOURS later, I finally have the TWO radiators out. The THIRD (and water) radiator just won't come out.
Take 2 to shop for cleaning/fixing, both had some holes. Take pressure washer to inside of hood area, use some degreaser on "water" radiator and pretty much clean it out. Upon the process of putting the other 2 back IN, the WATER radiator "clicked" and found the right angle it needed to come out. Soo, I take it out and debate if worth another day wait to be SURE it's clean and no holes. Obviously, it is.
Take it to shop, they clean it...NO holes!!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Wednesday, I spent 5 hours putting the water radiator back IN. (clearly I was doing something wrong /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif )
Yesterday, I put the rest back together. All in all, this was a MUCH larger job than initially looked.
After I got everything back together and fired up...
the WATER radiator LEAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHH /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif
It IS possible that I have something in the hose as that is where it LOOKS like it might be leaking from. It might also be one of the fins.
As I have work to do, an outdoor party coming up, I decided to let it leak and I'll monitor it while I'm getting the work done. I MIGHT take it all apart after this big shindig is over.
My question is... do those "stops it" or what ever they are called, powders you put into radiator really WORK?
Given the VERY pain in the hiney of taking this thing back apart again, if those really DO work, I might consider it, if they are a bunch of hot air, then I'll just grit it out and take it all apart again.
(taking apart again, means hydraulic fluid everywhere, transmission fluid everywhere and antifreeze everywhere makes a REAL mess)
Sigh
Brutus is leaking a bit of hydraulic fluid from the front. I fear that the hydraulic pump is heading south. Tell the wife, I HAVE to go in there and check it out before it gets worse (which it has been)
Take things apart, find out, there is a hydaulic oil RADIATOR in front of the "radiator" that as it turns out...is the culpret!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I figure much cheaper and easier to fix than the pump.
It has been leaking from the top, the fan sucking the oil INSIDE the fins and with dirt and all, it is really CAKED with muck. This also explains why Brutus will overheat sometimes. No airflow!!!
Take it off so I can get it fixed...figure I'll take "regular" radiator out also & have checked...what???
I have ANOTHER radiator...seems the transmission radiator is sandwiched between the two.. Ok, well, 7 HOURS later, I finally have the TWO radiators out. The THIRD (and water) radiator just won't come out.
Take 2 to shop for cleaning/fixing, both had some holes. Take pressure washer to inside of hood area, use some degreaser on "water" radiator and pretty much clean it out. Upon the process of putting the other 2 back IN, the WATER radiator "clicked" and found the right angle it needed to come out. Soo, I take it out and debate if worth another day wait to be SURE it's clean and no holes. Obviously, it is.
Take it to shop, they clean it...NO holes!!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Wednesday, I spent 5 hours putting the water radiator back IN. (clearly I was doing something wrong /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif )
Yesterday, I put the rest back together. All in all, this was a MUCH larger job than initially looked.
After I got everything back together and fired up...
the WATER radiator LEAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHH /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif
It IS possible that I have something in the hose as that is where it LOOKS like it might be leaking from. It might also be one of the fins.
As I have work to do, an outdoor party coming up, I decided to let it leak and I'll monitor it while I'm getting the work done. I MIGHT take it all apart after this big shindig is over.
My question is... do those "stops it" or what ever they are called, powders you put into radiator really WORK?
Given the VERY pain in the hiney of taking this thing back apart again, if those really DO work, I might consider it, if they are a bunch of hot air, then I'll just grit it out and take it all apart again.
(taking apart again, means hydraulic fluid everywhere, transmission fluid everywhere and antifreeze everywhere makes a REAL mess)
Sigh