Thanks to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tractorpig]

Ok,
First off all I want to thank everyone that replied to my posts!
If you guys were here in Arizona, I take everyone out for beer and wings. Here's the skinny, after spending the entire day Saturday getting mad, irritated and frustrated I started new this am.....those of you who indicated that the ground wire may have something to do with it were right....I stood there and stared at it for a good 30 mins noting that the ground wire was clean and connected to the frame. I then got underneath the front of the tractor and found that 3 of the 4 bolts that tie in the metal frame work to the chassis were missing and the fourth was ready to fall out...meaning it wasn't getting a good grounding surface. I replaced the bolts (with lock washers) and it started right up....Took me all day to put it back together, replacing wires the correct way. Once I put it back together it not only started right up, but the orginal problem of overheating seemed to be corrected with the rodding out of the radiator.....drove it around the block a couple of times and it never went past the 3/4 mark.....
(although todays temperature was only 106/108 or so).

<font color="red"> </font> I'M COOKING WITH GAS NOW BOYS!
Thanks again to all!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[shvl73]

I'm glad you found the problem. Congratulations!

 

[Bird]

Congratulations! We all love to hear good news. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[BigAl]

Hey!!! For free beer and wings i'll move to Arizona !!! Seriously this is exactly what makes this web site so nice . To be able to get helpful information on just about any tractor ever made . Glad it turned out to be a simple fix . uh... Could you maybe overnite me the beer and wings ? oh never mind!!
allen

 

[kenmac]

some times we over look the simple things. The simple things are the things that always give the most problems. The people on this board are a great help in that take us back to check the simple things 1 st.

 

[Cord]

As frustrating as the problem may have been, it sure feels good to solve it!

 

[YanmarFever]

Im glad !!
I was outside staring at an F20 I have on the lot wondering what your problem could be!
Give that cable a good working over for me
Ernie

 

[normde2001]

".....drove it around the block a couple of times and it never went past the 3/4 mark....."

Congrats on solving the starting problem, but did you really mean to say the "3/4 mark"? On any temp gauge I have ever seen, anything above the 1/2 way mark is HOT.

 

[cfoxmd]

I wonder whether you had an overheating problem at all to begin with. If the gauge isn't appropriately grounded, then you might get erroneous readings.

 

[tractorpig]

I thought that was acceptable due to the fact that it is between 105-110 degrees here! Does this seem like I still have a problem, and if so what would be the next step...Radiator has been rodded out, system has been flushed, waterpump appears to be working fine and the thermostat must be open or I would not have been able to flush the system....

Scott