MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ?

   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #21  
My cab unit has 4 filters up high on the cab. I blow out the filters once a year to keep them clean. The radiator has a manufacturers installed removable screen that traps nearly all chaff. Easy to remove and clean.

air is always freezing cold. No need for window tint on my unit. Was out working in 93f yesterday, and unit was blowing cold air within 30 seconds of startup. I think my tractor blows colder air than my trucks do.
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #22  
With the window tint don't need sun visor and the
sun don't blind you

willy
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #23  
Do you remember if it cooled from the start and has degraded or has it always been this way? Since this is your first summer its difficult to know a baseline. If it cooled early in the year but is hot now, then something like plugged condenser might be the problem. If it has always been this way, likely a system problem. Example - my BIL got a new (used, but new to him) tractor this spring. His son's operation has a lot of running tractors, either open platform or cab with inop A/C. He got this one because of his age (just turned 74) and can't handle the heat anymore. Midway through cutting first crop hay, he asked me if sweating in an AC cab is normal because it didnt' seem any better than open platforms or cab with all windows but the windshield missing. I checked and his compressor wasn't running. Defective pressure switch. Replaced it and now he's very happy. Something like this likely your problem, and considering its new, warranty.

I now have 3 Kubotas with A/C and had 2 others traded off for the ones I now have. Even though I live in Northern Minnesota where one wouldn't think A/C is all that important, we do have our days in the 90s. Having spent half my engineering career with AGCO and CNH, I can say that Kubota's A/C system is not the most powerful. Ag equipment cabs have so much glass area they need a lot more cooling than cars and pickups. Systems we had on Gleaner and Case IH combines were much larger than anything in a car - according to our A/C suppliers. On a 40 degree late autumn day in a combine, an operator still needs a lot of air conditioning when the sun is out while in a car you likely need heat.
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #24  
I now have 3 Kubotas with A/C and had 2 others traded off for the ones I now have. Even though I live in Northern Minnesota where one wouldn't think A/C is all that important, we do have our days in the 90s. Having spent half my engineering career with AGCO and CNH, I can say that Kubota's A/C system is not the most powerful. Ag equipment cabs have so much glass area they need a lot more cooling than cars and pickups. Systems we had on Gleaner and Case IH combines were much larger than anything in a car - according to our A/C suppliers. On a 40 degree late autumn day in a combine, an operator still needs a lot of air conditioning when the sun is out while in a car you likely need heat.
Agree, but I'd bet money they're sized as big as they can be while meeting other anticipated power draws without upgrading power generation on the machines.
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #25  
I am heading out to work in my M7. After fueling, I ran for about a minute and checked temperature at the outlet nearest the A/C evaporator - 40 degrees or less with 80 degree ambient. Sky is clear of clouds but obstructed by smoke from our nearby forest fires so its not getting a full sun load.
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #26  
am i misreading this. or has he found the issue with the cable
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #27  
am i misreading this. or has he found the issue with the cable

Actually, the way I read it is that he is at this moment on his way home to try to sort it out....
"I'm in town on business until Friday, noon... As soon as I get back I'll check all the suggestions... I can't wait to get home to check these things out.
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #28  
Actually, the way I read it is that he is at this moment on his way home to try to sort it out....
i think your right...i think i am referring to a different thread i read. i remember yesterday someone saying he found the cable wasnt opening the diverter valve, but the entire cable was just moving. they opened the door manually and air flowed. not sure where i read that though.
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #29  
i think your right...i think i am referring to a different thread i read. i remember yesterday someone saying he found the cable wasnt opening the diverter valve, but the entire cable was just moving. they opened the door manually and air flowed. not sure where i read that though.
Won't that be funny if it turns out to be the problem here as well then? 😁
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #30  

about 1/2 way down. funny, i read thry it yeaterday and thought it was referring to this post. heat on my brain i guess. its 98 F here today...yuk
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ?
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#31  
Okey Doke. . . I finally got home from working out of town this week. First thing I did was go out to the tractor to look at the screens and condenser / evaporator. Here’s what I got to say. . . IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT! ! ! I feel like such a Dolt! ! ! I am going to chalk this one up to “Rookie Mistake with a Lesson Learned.”

YES. . . It was as many of you said. The screens and and evaporator and condenser and Everything had dust and chaff all in it. Dannnng, I feel so stupid. I should have been blowing those things out Every Single Time I bush hogged. I was sweating my buttocks off for no good reason. I bush hogged for about 2 hours today and was as cool as a cucumber.

I really appreciate everybody’s input. Next time something like this happens, I am not going to wait to ask the question on here.

Thanks for ALL the help! ! !

john
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #33  
Congratulations. I'll bet that you learned a lesson that you won't quickly forget.:cool:
 
   / MX5400 Air-conditioning? ? ? #34  
Woo hoo, good deal. Congrats.



edit: beside the point that you were not getting cooling, running your A/C as such is bad for compressor. Your system has to run on a very high head pressure, then the safeties shut the compressor on pressure and temperature and this cycling continues over and over. That is not good for your compressor. Running, long and steady is best for best compressor lubrication and system longer life.
 
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