Solved my Bolens overheating today!

[amanda11270]

Well today I finally got a chance to tear into my H1502, and whoever said the radiator was blocked full of crap blocking the cooling fins was 100% right. I was thinking NO WAY thats possible, I can see light thru it looking in thru the front of the tractor, but it was blocked everywhere else. About 3/4 blocked to tell you the truth. I also unblocked the hydraulic cooler as well, it was almost completely blocked. I was so against this theory until last week I had to put a radiator in my work truck (3500HD bucket truck, radiator was leaking) and when I got the radiator out, it was really blocked up too but I could not tell until I got it out of the truck, that sorta changed my mind. Thanks again for the advice. Problem solved!

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

Congratulations! Glad you got it working and it was an easy fix. There seems to be really no "silver bullet" to preventing radiator plugging in the first place. Just periodic cleanings to keep all well. Thanks for posting the results.