rotordave
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2810 HST Gettin\' Hot!
I have been doing quite alot of bushhogging 0f long grass fields, with seed pods blowing in and clogging up the intakes and radiators. The removable screen in front of the engine radiator slides out horizontaly to be cleaned, but witn the FEL frame directly in its path, you can only remove it about half way. Great design there guys! I end up having to use a flat piece of wood moulding to slide between the screen and XMSN cooler to remove all of the fluffy debris that builds up in he radiator areas. Does anyone know of a good way to deal with this, as the factory design seems to be flawed. The temps get into the top 1/4 of the gauge but under normal heavy operation doing mud moving and grading, it stays below 1/2.It has been record heat here for the last few weeks, highs in the upper 80's/ low 90's- yesterday as I was finishing a cutting job I got rained out as a cool front came through Louisiana with heavy rains and welcome relief from the Indian summer. Hopefully this will help in lowering temps. When I get home again to work on the rig, I was thinking of blowing compressed air through the radiator to remove some of the finer materials that I have missed, but with the location of hte screen, I dont know what to do. It is all very tight inbetween the radiators and screens.Maybe I should try to cut out the screen and replace it with a flexible one that I could service(2 piece- ETC). I dont like to LOOSE MY COOL!Any Ideas would be appreciated! thanks- Dave
I have been doing quite alot of bushhogging 0f long grass fields, with seed pods blowing in and clogging up the intakes and radiators. The removable screen in front of the engine radiator slides out horizontaly to be cleaned, but witn the FEL frame directly in its path, you can only remove it about half way. Great design there guys! I end up having to use a flat piece of wood moulding to slide between the screen and XMSN cooler to remove all of the fluffy debris that builds up in he radiator areas. Does anyone know of a good way to deal with this, as the factory design seems to be flawed. The temps get into the top 1/4 of the gauge but under normal heavy operation doing mud moving and grading, it stays below 1/2.It has been record heat here for the last few weeks, highs in the upper 80's/ low 90's- yesterday as I was finishing a cutting job I got rained out as a cool front came through Louisiana with heavy rains and welcome relief from the Indian summer. Hopefully this will help in lowering temps. When I get home again to work on the rig, I was thinking of blowing compressed air through the radiator to remove some of the finer materials that I have missed, but with the location of hte screen, I dont know what to do. It is all very tight inbetween the radiators and screens.Maybe I should try to cut out the screen and replace it with a flexible one that I could service(2 piece- ETC). I dont like to LOOSE MY COOL!Any Ideas would be appreciated! thanks- Dave
