No, the water pump is a perfect fit. It looks like when they stamped out the gasket it must have shifted just a bit. I didn't have any gasket material so I just tried some gasket maker by permatex. I filled it up yesterday and let it run until the engine got hot. No leaks. I also added some radiator flush and put a new fan belt on. If this little tractor over heats now I am at a loss. I hope to use it a little bit this weekend and see if I can get it good and hot. I can't see any reason why the other water pump would be bad, it seems to be in perfect shape. The fan belt was in pretty rough shape and possibly the radiator was plugged just a bit.
TX1300F over heating
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I gave the Iseki a pretty good workout this weekend. From what I can tell my overheating problem has been solved. I am just not sure if it was the belt I replaced, the water pump I replaced, or the radiator flush. At one point after heavy tilling the radiator overflow started dripping pretty good and there was some steam coming out as well. The indicator light never came on so I am assuming the liquid just got hot and expanded. After it cooled I took the cap off and I could not see any antifreeze in the radiator so it dropped quite a bit. Has anyone else had this problem with their tractor? I know one of my old John Deere's would do that when it got good and hot, you could see anti-freeze dripping from the overflow. The cooling system on my TX1300 doesn't even hold a gallon so there is not much liquid to cool off the engine. I will just top it off and keep using it.
marcelPL
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Yes. When i top the antifreeze up to it's neck, and work the machine hard, it starts throwing cooling liquid out of the overflow pipe (?). By now i am not worried about this anymore.
M.
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It may have dropped from a bit of an air bubble from having it all apart. I'd put it back to the base of the neck and keep an eye on it for a little bit.
I flushed mine out this spring I must have added too much as it would put a couple drips out when I used it hard. The level hasn't dropped much (1/4 inch) and it seems to be getting less and less coming out.
I flushed mine out this spring I must have added too much as it would put a couple drips out when I used it hard. The level hasn't dropped much (1/4 inch) and it seems to be getting less and less coming out.
