Underdog57
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I really liked the selfie Fred! That engine sounds great. Good job, and Go Fred!!!! :thumbsup:
I Still Hate My Tractor II
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I really liked the selfie Fred! That engine sounds great. Good job, and Go Fred!!!! :thumbsup:
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The Fred
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Yesterday I spent 4 hours stumping some woods and moving them with the dump trailer. Have a mixture of water and non-foaming partswasher detergent in the cooling system to clean the oil out. I have the new cooler installed on the filter housing but do not have the cooling hose attached thinking if I ran it awhile the new cooler would be tested and if no oil comes out the cooling hose points then all would be well.
As a precaution I checked the oil temp with a gun at the cooler and oil sump (pan). The oil sump never got over 145 degrees f. Before it ran 160, closer to coolant temp. Maybe I didn't need a cooler at all but figured under hard running it was a good idea.
Fred
As a precaution I checked the oil temp with a gun at the cooler and oil sump (pan). The oil sump never got over 145 degrees f. Before it ran 160, closer to coolant temp. Maybe I didn't need a cooler at all but figured under hard running it was a good idea.
Fred
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Wow, so it's an oil heater in this case!
RetiredCarGuy
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You were running with straight water as coolant. Perhaps the reason why the oil temp was measured to be lower. There is no better for heat transfer that straight H2O.
Adding coolant (antifreeze) reduces the heat transfer. I would remeasure your oil temps after you dump the water and add your 50/50 coolant ratio. Then reconsider your possible need for an oil cooler.
Adding coolant (antifreeze) reduces the heat transfer. I would remeasure your oil temps after you dump the water and add your 50/50 coolant ratio. Then reconsider your possible need for an oil cooler.
Wayne64SS
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Glad to see it was just the cooler, thats what I'd have bet on. I wouldn't put VW parts in anything I wanted to last.
DaveOmak
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Very glad this thread was "revitalized" so to speak....
The Fred..... will you take the time to update us.... this is one of the best threads on this forum......
The Fred..... will you take the time to update us.... this is one of the best threads on this forum......
WaxMan
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Fred,
I have been away for a while working on a house and missed this thread.
In viewing your pictures you do some very nice work. Looks like everything you do in life is top notch. Everything very neatly done as these photos show. Nice shop too, aren't you the one who wished you had a bridgeport? Looks like your shop is fully equipped.
I like your island house theme makes you think or wish, very nicely done.
IMGP0187_zps0ad89d01.mp4 Video by Frednation | Photobucket
I have been away for a while working on a house and missed this thread.
In viewing your pictures you do some very nice work. Looks like everything you do in life is top notch. Everything very neatly done as these photos show. Nice shop too, aren't you the one who wished you had a bridgeport? Looks like your shop is fully equipped.
I like your island house theme makes you think or wish, very nicely done.
IMGP0187_zps0ad89d01.mp4 Video by Frednation | Photobucket
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The Fred
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Thanks for the kudos Waxman. My father is an over the top perfectionist and it pretty much ruined his whole life and our family life. Every aspect of his daily routine required a vacuum cleaner and not allowing anyone to touch anything of his. Because of that I make it a point to be somewhat sloppy and pigish in an attempt to get the last 30 years of my own life back to a "don't sweat the little details" so I can spend time with dogs, wife, friends.
I drink way too much beer after work, don't mow my lawn in straight line ****** fashion and try to beat on my stuff and use it up. I do maintain things, plenty of grease in the FEL fittings but seldom wash my tractor.
I finally got proper liability insurance, plates to be able to drive the tractor on the road without trailering it so the last few weeks I have driven it 10 miles maybe back and forth from small driveway, topsoil jobs, what a handful on the road. With the FEL and box blade only in high gear full rabbit full throttle 2900 RPM it will hit 18 MPH on the dash cluster. On most hills the engine runs out steam in short order and I find myself fooling with the cruise control lever or shifting down to tortoise mode. I could NOT imagine driving this on the road with 39 HP, there is just no way. Without the turbo install I would have gotten rid of it for something bigger.
On any medium bump the seat bottoms with a crash and compresses my spine, I'm leaving the seat but will install a bumper snubber from a vehicle of some sort or another to minimize the banging. The radio comes and goes when any big bump is hit and I simply whack the bottom of the radio and 1/2 the time it comes back usually when the local liberal public radio station is hosting a fund drive:smiley_aafz:
The engine still does not start well and I MUST check the glow plugs with the scope to see if they are drawing current. Last weekend I left the machine at a friend's place and in the morning it was 34 degrees and by the time I went to start the engine it was 52 out yet the motor wouldn't start. Wife left me stranded there as she didn't realize this, it took me a half hour of fooling to get her going.
The tractor ergonomically stinks, the loader controls are twitchy and fast compared to other equipment I have. I can open a beer can with the excavator yet smash the house down with the FEL on the tractor, go figure.
The cab A/C and heater are more than enough to keep me comfortable in any weather.
Still haven't had it dynoed but I think it's around 60HP, less at the PTO. The turbo puts a small amount of oil mist through the intake like any turbocharger does. The oil temps are back up to coolant temps after I hooked the oil cooler back up. The new cooler does not leak like the old one, before hooking up the coolant hoses I ran the engine some 20 hours to make sure.
Wife says I have to keep it so there it is. Back to weeding the garden.
Perfection is an attitude as long as it doesn't interfere, Fred
I drink way too much beer after work, don't mow my lawn in straight line ****** fashion and try to beat on my stuff and use it up. I do maintain things, plenty of grease in the FEL fittings but seldom wash my tractor.
I finally got proper liability insurance, plates to be able to drive the tractor on the road without trailering it so the last few weeks I have driven it 10 miles maybe back and forth from small driveway, topsoil jobs, what a handful on the road. With the FEL and box blade only in high gear full rabbit full throttle 2900 RPM it will hit 18 MPH on the dash cluster. On most hills the engine runs out steam in short order and I find myself fooling with the cruise control lever or shifting down to tortoise mode. I could NOT imagine driving this on the road with 39 HP, there is just no way. Without the turbo install I would have gotten rid of it for something bigger.
On any medium bump the seat bottoms with a crash and compresses my spine, I'm leaving the seat but will install a bumper snubber from a vehicle of some sort or another to minimize the banging. The radio comes and goes when any big bump is hit and I simply whack the bottom of the radio and 1/2 the time it comes back usually when the local liberal public radio station is hosting a fund drive:smiley_aafz:
The engine still does not start well and I MUST check the glow plugs with the scope to see if they are drawing current. Last weekend I left the machine at a friend's place and in the morning it was 34 degrees and by the time I went to start the engine it was 52 out yet the motor wouldn't start. Wife left me stranded there as she didn't realize this, it took me a half hour of fooling to get her going.
The tractor ergonomically stinks, the loader controls are twitchy and fast compared to other equipment I have. I can open a beer can with the excavator yet smash the house down with the FEL on the tractor, go figure.
The cab A/C and heater are more than enough to keep me comfortable in any weather.
Still haven't had it dynoed but I think it's around 60HP, less at the PTO. The turbo puts a small amount of oil mist through the intake like any turbocharger does. The oil temps are back up to coolant temps after I hooked the oil cooler back up. The new cooler does not leak like the old one, before hooking up the coolant hoses I ran the engine some 20 hours to make sure.
Wife says I have to keep it so there it is. Back to weeding the garden.
Perfection is an attitude as long as it doesn't interfere, Fred
WaxMan
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Fred,
I only have three questions about one of your pictures, the one that looks like one of your masks you wear in your videos.
I see the eggs, peppers, onions, parsley,and sausage or kielbasa not sure what the red stuff is, but looks sort of normal, but what is the gray stuff with cheese on it? thats even oozing out under the lips of the kielbasa??
2) And did you eat it?
3) Now I have a lime in my gin and tonic, not always at breakfast , but what is the dark colored drink with the lime?
I live in CT we don't have gray stuff?
By the way did you ever finish the coat hanger toilet paper inclinometer that you were going to have dangling in front of your windshield with a chart so you never have to take your eyes off of it?
I'm still laughing?
I only have three questions about one of your pictures, the one that looks like one of your masks you wear in your videos.
I see the eggs, peppers, onions, parsley,and sausage or kielbasa not sure what the red stuff is, but looks sort of normal, but what is the gray stuff with cheese on it? thats even oozing out under the lips of the kielbasa??
2) And did you eat it?
3) Now I have a lime in my gin and tonic, not always at breakfast , but what is the dark colored drink with the lime?
I live in CT we don't have gray stuff?
By the way did you ever finish the coat hanger toilet paper inclinometer that you were going to have dangling in front of your windshield with a chart so you never have to take your eyes off of it?
I'm still laughing?