A little B 2710 problem..

[duckboy]

The other day I was moving dirt and everything was running great. In fact the 2710 has been wonderful, and more than I had expected. A problem developed with the cooling sysytem.
I frequently check the gauges, tach, and have never had the temperature gauge go above the 'C'....until I looked down and saw the temp guage was in the red! I shut the tractor down and did a visual, trying to control the shakes....and I noticed the petcock for draining the system was spewing coolant. The dang valve was loose! I let the tractor cool for about 1/2 hour, and added more coolant. The temp went back to normal, and all appears to be fine. So, guess this is a long way around to remind owners to add that little device as an item to check periodically, or daily.

 

[Rch]

Duckboy, were you working around brush/limbs etc that could have moved the petcock? I'm not familiar with the particulars of a 2710 but such things are usually tucked away. Does the petcock seem loose or broken.

RCH

 

[duckboy]

The drain plug is located right above the left front axel, kind of hard to reach by hand, especially difficult to drain the system.
As I was not anywhere near something that could have hit the plug, it must have just vibrated loose. But it seems nice and tight now, and 4 hrs yesterday pulling scotch broom out by the roots with the 4 in 1, didn't seem to repeat the problem, which is good.

PR