Recent content by R Barger

Does the tractor have anything on the 3pt. They are gravity drop. If nothing for weight you might stand on lift arms. If tractor has been sitting it might be stiff.

Finally got around to fixing my problem. [HEAD GASKET]

95% of the jobs that I do requires a tractor of the size that I have. The other 5% would be nice to have a large tractor. $50,000.00 for 5% of your work is not practical. That's why they make different size tractors.

I actually have four Yanmars YM336D , JD850 2wd and two JD850 4wd [GREAT TRACTORS]

As I was looking at this thread I was thinking that I load and stack two large round bails with my YM336D on level ground. Then there it was [my tractor]. Still use it for everything.

Already did that. I did run again today 2000 rpm for 15 mln with no problems [after back flushing the radiator, removing the thermostat with clear water]. I am considering putting the coolant back in and leaving the thermostat out. I only use this tractor for mowing in the summer. The ym2500...

All last summer it expand into reservoir and failed to return to the radiator. Every third time I would use it I would have take the coolant out of the reservoir and put back in the radiator myself. If you read post#1 you will see what all I have done to solve the problem. Today when I ran it...

The hose is a single ply hose with no problems. Today I removed the thermostat flushed the engine and back flushed the radiator. Everything is very clean. At 2000 rpm with the cap off the the water passes through the radiator with no restrictions. The thing that surprised me was I put the...

My thought is maybe part of the radiator is clogged causing a little more than normal pressure when running at 2000 rpm for a length of time. Coolant not leaving the bottom as fast as the pump is putting it in. I am going to back flush the radiator today if that don't change things I'm going to...

The overflow is clear. That is the first thing I checked. I can't check it 2 days after running it and there will be slight pressure in the system. That's what is why I thought the system does not have a leak.

I have replaced the radiator cap with a new one and also tried a couple of others including a vented 15lb one.

No I have not had the coolant tested. That was just based on my visual inspection of no bubbles in coolant when running and no funny looking gases or smoke on start up or running. You may be right that's why I have bought the head gasket. Just didn't want to do that if there was something I was...

The slight pressure I am not concerned about. The fact that it hold that pressure shows there is no leak. I have not had it tested. It is a 13lb recommended for the John Deere 850. The old cap had the same problem. I have owned this tractor for several years. 800hrs. I use it to mow about 3...

When the coolant expands it goes to the overflow tank and should be sucked back into the radiator. After a few times of running the over tank overfills if I don't take it out and return it to the radiator.