branson 4720h cleaning radiator

[ARNAUDVILLE]

I have so much stuff in radiator when I cut tall grass. I use a heater hose with low pressure to wash out radiator and oil cooler is that ok I don't want to bend fins.

 

[3gunr]

That will work fine,But an air compresor with a long air nozzle works much better.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I also prefer using compressed air, set to low air pressure (so you don't bend fins), and blow from the back side to the front side. I have a blow gun with an extension tube on it, which really gets in the right spots. You just have to be very careful not to drag the blow gun across the radiator fins while blowing out the chaff.

 

[Stimw]

My 3510 has a removable screen that catches most of the trash.
Just pull it out wash or blow it off then a little blowing on back of radiator with air.

 

[LouNY]

My 8050 has a screen also, it is kind of pain removing it to clean.
A thumb screw and a 10mm bolt and nut, and the nut likes to fall and be difficult
to recover and reinstall.

 

[Cougsfan]

I had a huge problem with the radiator on my 4720 clogging continuously while cutting grass & weeds. What I did to correct it was mostly aimed at keeping stuff from getting to the radiator in the first place. I stuffed the huge gap under the radiator with foam rubber. I covered all the holes on the chassis in front of the radiator and under the battery with duct tape and/or fine wire mesh. I bought a 90 degree bend to clamp on to the exhaust pipe outlet when mowing to keep the exhaust from blowing chaff forward. All of that helped immensely. It still clogs with fine stuff that comes through the grill openings, but I can usually go a whole day of mowing now before cleaning rather than 1/2 hour. I agree that an blowgun with a long thin extended tip works best for cleaning. Harbor Freight has one that works quite well.

 

[ARNAUDVILLE]

THANK YOU

 

[ARNAUDVILLE]

Thank you

 

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I had a huge problem with the radiator on my 4720 clogging continuously while cutting grass & weeds. What I did to correct it was mostly aimed at keeping stuff from getting to the radiator in the first place. I stuffed the huge gap under the radiator with foam rubber. I covered all the holes on the chassis in front of the radiator and under the battery with duct tape and/or fine wire mesh. I bought a 90 degree bend to clamp on to the exhaust pipe outlet when mowing to keep the exhaust from blowing chaff forward. All of that helped immensely. It still clogs with fine stuff that comes through the grill openings, but I can usually go a whole day of mowing now before cleaning rather than 1/2 hour. I agree that an blowgun with a long thin extended tip works best for cleaning. Harbor Freight has one that works quite well.

I haven't done any mowing with my tractor yet but half of the year the dirt here turns to dust and the exhaust seems to kick it up from nowhere. I'm definitely going to look at rerouting the exhaust away from the ground before summer!

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I'm considering trying to work out a vertical stack that comes out between my loader mount and cab glass, and goes up the left front pillar of the cab to the roof. I'm planning on removing my soot cooker anyway, but any way I can think to run it would really end up being a 180 degree bend from up out of the exhaust manifold, to turn 180 deg down and back to the bottom of the cab and loader, then back up another 180 deg to go up the corner of the cab. Not really keen to put that much bend in the pipe, or sure if I can keep it from interfering with my FEL clearance.