RX7320 problems @7 hrs on the meter

[THEPARTYHOUND]

My new tractor got delivered 3 days ago and I've got 7 hours on the meter. It is blowing and snowing here, 20 below windchill, drifts the size of dump trucks. I need my tractor! I was helping a neighbor get cleared out and noticed that my heater hadn't really started warming up although my temp gauge was slightly above the "normal" marks on the gauge. Called the dealership, got put through to the mechanic who asked me to open the hood, and there was the dealer installed block heater hanging limp and NOT in the block where it belongs! It blew the block heater out of the side of the block. There was glue residue on it. I asked about that and the mechanic said that was how they are installed...glued in! What else is glued together in that engine? Is the head glued on? Oil pan glued on? I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake here...

 

[atsah]

Glued in.. No O-ring with a bracket or anything?

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Glued in. No bracket, no O-ring, just glue. The dealership had a mechanic just over the mountain an hour away, so he is on his way. I will see how they put it back together.

 

[Grateful11]

Oh my! Glued in with what, strawberry jelly? I've never heard of block heater not being threaded in.

 

[LouNY]

There is another thread on here describing the install procedure,
I was thinking it was taped in with a lock tite type of product used to retain the
threaded adapter.
Be interesting how the service mechanic handles it or if it has to get into a climate controlled environment to be reinstalled.
Hope your engine is not hurt.

 

[countrybumpkin]

There pressed into the block, nothing new or different from many other block heaters. Sounds as if the dealer didn’t get it pressed in correctly, I can understand your frustration, hope they get you going quickly.

 

[atsah]

Oh my! Glued in with what, strawberry jelly? I've never heard of block heater not being threaded in.

Mine isn’t threaded in either and is pressed in but it has an o-ring and a bracket
That’s mounted to the muffler bolts so it stays put.

 

[Tigershark]

let us know how it goes, glad they sent someone out to take care of the issue

 

[WoodChuckDad]

At 7 hours, they darned sure should send someone out for him. I hope you get straightened out. Myself 7320 has about 450 hours on it and the heater will put you out of the cab.

 

[coobie]

My new tractor got delivered 3 days ago and I've got 7 hours on the meter. It is blowing and snowing here, 20 below windchill, drifts the size of dump trucks. I need my tractor! I was helping a neighbor get cleared out and noticed that my heater hadn't really started warming up although my temp gauge was slightly above the "normal" marks on the gauge. Called the dealership, got put through to the mechanic who asked me to open the hood, and there was the dealer installed block heater hanging limp and NOT in the block where it belongs! It blew the block heater out of the side of the block. There was glue residue on it. I asked about that and the mechanic said that was how they are installed...glued in! What else is glued together in that engine? Is the head glued on? Oil pan glued on? I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake here...

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That is to bad sorry to hear this.