Thanks California, I was in my phone so it posted out of order or something. That was odd. One more question, I'm def going to add a temp guage. Where is the temp sender in the block? Is that it beside the oil filter? What's the size of the tapped hole? Id like to get this done before I work it some this weekend. Do I just pull that out and add my guage?
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Don't bother with a temp sender. Yanmar designed these things right in the first place. Replace the sender if you are concerned about it.
It seems every new owner - me included, 14 years ago - starts off thinking the tractor needs a temperature gauge. It doesn't. The warning light is sufficient to tell you it is about to boil over, which should never happen if the cooling system is up to spec and you don't let mowing chaff build up in the radiator fins. Any operating temperature short of boilover is within Yanmar's design specs.
These were designed to run for days flat out without overheating, if the pto is powering a ditch pump, for example, and nothing we do putt-putting around is going to stress it like that. Yanmar got it right, there's nothing to improve.
It seems every new owner - me included, 14 years ago - starts off thinking the tractor needs a temperature gauge. It doesn't. The warning light is sufficient to tell you it is about to boil over, which should never happen if the cooling system is up to spec and you don't let mowing chaff build up in the radiator fins. Any operating temperature short of boilover is within Yanmar's design specs.
These were designed to run for days flat out without overheating, if the pto is powering a ditch pump, for example, and nothing we do putt-putting around is going to stress it like that. Yanmar got it right, there's nothing to improve.
void777
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Kustrud
Welcome to TBN you sure got a good deal on that tractor looks clean when you ordered the pto seal did you order the pto housing seal.
Welcome to TBN you sure got a good deal on that tractor looks clean when you ordered the pto seal did you order the pto housing seal.
I completely agree with California but for what it is worth the threads are m16-1.5
morris lipham
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I had my 1700 radiator rodded out for $75 bucks, looks like new. I also added a temp gauge, I just like to know exactly what temp is running. I ran it hard yesterday planting a food plot in 93 degree heat, it never got to 160 degrees. But I did install a water pump kit from Hoye.