Thank you Dave, you have been a lot help with good information. I would Pay for the up grade if it will work. Dave where do you get a mega radiator made and will it fit in my 6110? You say also look into a condenser that doesn't catch chaff so badly? What kind of condenser would I buy? I have no problem putting some money into my tractor to make it better and stop these problems I have had. we clean the radiator and screens all the time to try and not have these kind of problems. My tractor has over heated with the AC on even when cutting grass that is only 6 inches high with my 12 ft bush hog. I have always had AC problems from the first day when I bought this tractor, but it wasn't until Dave when the fan blade and belt broke in July that I started having over heating problems with my tractor. It was right after that the compressor started locking up and squealing when I turned my AC on. The AC still worked good but within 1/2 hour cutting my grass the tractor would start over heating and that would be the end of using my tractor for that day. If you have any answers to my questions Please let me know. Thank you again. Sammie
Mahindra tractor over heating, Please Help
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Reb954
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I'm sure it can't be this clear cut but is there a chance when the fan broke it bent over some of the radiator fins?
Also, if the radiator was damaged to the point of leaking is there a chance the radiator shop sealed off some of the tubes that were leaking?
Also, if the radiator was damaged to the point of leaking is there a chance the radiator shop sealed off some of the tubes that were leaking?
DavesTractor
Elite Member
Sammie, as far as the radiator, I would first do a really good look to see if it is clogging, or if it is the condenser clogging. Or both. I talked to a dealer in Texas that sold a lot of cab tractors for a competing brand. He was having the same issues, hot condenser and high head pressure causing too frequent cycling and failure. In his quest to solve this, he experimented by removing every other fin from the AC condenser. It took him several hours of tedious work but he swore that dropped the heat and therefor the pressure and solved the issue. I wish we had a AC or cooling expert that would chime in. On this awesome forum, often a discussion will start and all of us armchair quarterbacks will give opinions, and then some true expert will enlighten us. But absent that, we can continue the discussion.
To get a mega radiator I can think of about three options. Two are time consuming and maybe frustrating. The third is easy enough, but expensive. One idea is to look at a similar tractors with higher HP and see if the radiator could be made to fit. The 6110 is a TYM based unit. If you were at a farm show and walked the show and looked at radiators in the 60-100 HP range, especially Korean makes, you might stumble onto something that could be made to fit. Secondly you might also go to a really good auto parts place or radiator supply place and ask them if you could browse their radiator spec catalog. They will give core dimensions, amount of rows, inlet location and size, etc. Probably some mount tabs would have to be fabricated. Not easy work. Lastly, contact a customer radiator place. There is a place in Oregon that does ag type radiators and AC condensers and right on their front page for Ag they state the debris problem and how they make them with wide spacing. They can make up anything. Probably you have such a place in your region. I have not used this place, but check out Agriculture - Radiator Supply House
To get a mega radiator I can think of about three options. Two are time consuming and maybe frustrating. The third is easy enough, but expensive. One idea is to look at a similar tractors with higher HP and see if the radiator could be made to fit. The 6110 is a TYM based unit. If you were at a farm show and walked the show and looked at radiators in the 60-100 HP range, especially Korean makes, you might stumble onto something that could be made to fit. Secondly you might also go to a really good auto parts place or radiator supply place and ask them if you could browse their radiator spec catalog. They will give core dimensions, amount of rows, inlet location and size, etc. Probably some mount tabs would have to be fabricated. Not easy work. Lastly, contact a customer radiator place. There is a place in Oregon that does ag type radiators and AC condensers and right on their front page for Ag they state the debris problem and how they make them with wide spacing. They can make up anything. Probably you have such a place in your region. I have not used this place, but check out Agriculture - Radiator Supply House
Not wanting to hijack this thread but as indicated my Mahindra 4510 has the same problem. How hard would it be for me to remove the AC condenser "radiator" so there was better air flow to the regular radiator? I do not use the AC anyways for a number of reasons . Then perhaps I could remove the extra added on pusher electric fan so I would have unrestricted access to air blow the radiator.
3Lfarms
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To piggyback on what Dave said about a custom radiator, I had to have the radiator for my 24 Dodge Brothers repaired 3 years ago. The old core was shot, so I took it to a local place here in Ogden, Western Radiator.
They were able to order a new core with the very wide fin spacing that perfectly matched the original. They put the old tanks on the new core for under $500.
I’m sure any competent radiator shop could do something similar for your tractor with a wider fin spacing that doesn’t plug up every 20 minutes.
They were able to order a new core with the very wide fin spacing that perfectly matched the original. They put the old tanks on the new core for under $500.
I’m sure any competent radiator shop could do something similar for your tractor with a wider fin spacing that doesn’t plug up every 20 minutes.
3Lfarms Thank you sir for your help. My Tractor is at my dealers right now trying to fix my tractor since I have Polio and its everything that I can do to try and get myself up into my tractor with my Polio. I am keeping all of you great members information in a folder just in case my dealer can't find the problem. Again I Thank all of you great members that have reached out to help me. I use to live in Naples FL. where there was a 3Lfarms. All of you have a great week. Sammie
DavesTractor
Elite Member
You probably need to post a picture here of that 24 Dodge Brothers rig. Those are cool.
darmstrong2319
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Thats sharp 
DavesTractor
Elite Member
Incredible car, looks awesome.
3Lfarms
Platinum Member
Thanks. It’s actually closer to being a tractor than you would think.
It’s got a large slow revving 4 cylinder with a heavy flywheel and a non-synchronized 3 speed with straight cut gears. 27hp, but close to 50 ftlbs of torque. 1st gear is actually a granny low gear, so it’s normally driven like a two speed.
The low gear was put in for farmers. Many people could only afford a car or a tractor, so lots of these cars were used to pull plows and such, then take the family to church on Sunday.
They also leak like a sieve. They say some of the oil leaks were put to use oiling the brake and clutch linkages under the car. I don’t know about that, but I know it’s impossible to keep it from leaking when all you have to work with is cork and felt gaskets.
It’s got a large slow revving 4 cylinder with a heavy flywheel and a non-synchronized 3 speed with straight cut gears. 27hp, but close to 50 ftlbs of torque. 1st gear is actually a granny low gear, so it’s normally driven like a two speed.
The low gear was put in for farmers. Many people could only afford a car or a tractor, so lots of these cars were used to pull plows and such, then take the family to church on Sunday.
They also leak like a sieve. They say some of the oil leaks were put to use oiling the brake and clutch linkages under the car. I don’t know about that, but I know it’s impossible to keep it from leaking when all you have to work with is cork and felt gaskets.
ANTHONYPERROTTA
New member
Here's my experience with a 2555 that couldn't handle running a 6 ft brush hog for more than 45 minutes at a time.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...g/392050-2555-mahindra-overheating-leaks.html
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...g/392050-2555-mahindra-overheating-leaks.html
BeltfedGoodness
Member
Sort of an old thread, but here is what my experience has been with the 6110 I’ve had since 2012. The 6110 is a very heavy breather and will pull in dust very efficiently. I use my tractor for hay mowing with a disc mower and then it is also my round baler power source. The baler produces some of the most dust in all my work with it. Both screens will plug in an hour when baling dusty hay. Primarily, running temp with the air on after a pure radiator cleaning, is just under the half hash mark on the gage. It will climb quickly and I’ll need to stop and improvise cedar limbs as a dust brush to clean my radiator in the fields.
I try cutting my hay and baling it in favorable wind conditions so I have a cross wind over my windrows when baling. I thought of rigging up a small air compressor with tank and run lines to the screens with a blow off button in the cab to “de-dust” my screens when I see the temp rising too high. Also the AC radiator could be remounted elsewhere so it isn’t dumping heat directly into the main radiator and block its airflow. There just isn’t a good place to remount the AC radiator.
My present solution>>>
The biggest discovery was finding out how much air the intake pulls into the air cleaner. Having that huge suction locked up behind the side panels, it just pulls in everything in to the vicinity of the radiators. It might be possible to divert the intake to another place outside of the side panel chamber. You would have to filter it again somehow but I think it would help the dust vacuum problem the intake creates in the front compartment of the hood. Once I figured out the intake is the problem, removing the side panels while doing dusty operations that alone almost eliminated the cooling issue for me.
I try cutting my hay and baling it in favorable wind conditions so I have a cross wind over my windrows when baling. I thought of rigging up a small air compressor with tank and run lines to the screens with a blow off button in the cab to “de-dust” my screens when I see the temp rising too high. Also the AC radiator could be remounted elsewhere so it isn’t dumping heat directly into the main radiator and block its airflow. There just isn’t a good place to remount the AC radiator.
My present solution>>>
The biggest discovery was finding out how much air the intake pulls into the air cleaner. Having that huge suction locked up behind the side panels, it just pulls in everything in to the vicinity of the radiators. It might be possible to divert the intake to another place outside of the side panel chamber. You would have to filter it again somehow but I think it would help the dust vacuum problem the intake creates in the front compartment of the hood. Once I figured out the intake is the problem, removing the side panels while doing dusty operations that alone almost eliminated the cooling issue for me.
BeltfedGoodness I Thank you sir for all your help. On mine I found the bearing in the AC Compressor was bad and it was dragging the motor down to the point of causing my over heating problem. I Thank you and all the fine members here on this form. Sincerely Sammie
MAC11B2003
New member
Funny this thread came back up....my 5570 will overheat when running my 7ft. brush hog, as I've been doing the last few days. The trash and weed seed heads clog the radiator. This is the only tractor I've ever owned or ran that has such a poorly protected radiator. The grill is strictly cosmetic and does nothing to keep the junk from clogging the radiator. Right now there are 5 other tractors sitting in front of my house since I hire my hay baling now. Three different manufacturers, and all of them have an external screen on the front of the tractor that the air is pulled through, which catches the majority of the debris. So does my 5570, but it has huge gaps all around it and around the headlights that allows junk to be pulled through into the radiator. I don't mind getting off and wiping the debris off a screen every hour or so. Much easier than driving back home, rising the hood, removing the side panels, lowering the grill guard, taking the front grill loose, unplugging the lights, and pulling the grill off. All that just to get the radiator to clean it off. Must not be any weeds or such in India.
I took some duct tape and sealed up as much of the front of the tractor that I could. It made a huge difference. Most of the debris was caught on the external grill, I could just wipe it off with my hand.
I have some other issues to worry about right now, but when I get time I plan to seal up as much as I can with weatherstripping around the grill and hood and sealing around the lights. Maybe fabricate some kind of a screen, I don't know.
Very poor design on Mahindra's part. Really about all I have found to gripe about on this tractor so far.
I took some duct tape and sealed up as much of the front of the tractor that I could. It made a huge difference. Most of the debris was caught on the external grill, I could just wipe it off with my hand.
I have some other issues to worry about right now, but when I get time I plan to seal up as much as I can with weatherstripping around the grill and hood and sealing around the lights. Maybe fabricate some kind of a screen, I don't know.
Very poor design on Mahindra's part. Really about all I have found to gripe about on this tractor so far.
CowboyRon
Platinum Member
I agree I have a 4025 with the same issue, but I have an idea you could try.
Get some velcro with a sticky back and put it on the front of your radiator. Purchase some filter material and cut it to size then attach it to to velcro on the front of your radiator.
Then you can shake it off or replace as needed.
I haven't gotten to it on my tractor since I haven't used it for mowing in awhile.
MAC11B2003 Thank you for your reply and information. I really only cut grass and weeds. but I agree with you on the Very poor design on Mahindra's part. Maybe you can send me or post some pictures of what you have done or are going to do to improve the air flow? Thank you again. Sincerely Sammie
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