URGENT help needed....

[DCarter]

I do not have KTAC and I'm not sure if the original owner bought it or not. I see 1100 on the paperwork for 2 yr extended warranty, and I think I'll be able to transfer that to me, but not sure about KTAC. There's a 250 deductable anyway, and I can get an aftermarket radiator for that price or get a shop to fix the current radiator. Should be an easy install after getting the loader, hood and front guard off.

 

[David_Kb7uns]

I don稚 know of any. Why you壇 want to shut down an engine before it melts seems pretty self explanatory. A low oil shutoff seems more important.

Not really if you have not lost coolant you want to shed the load and maintain an idle speed to circulate coolant and maintain airflow over radiator. If you loose coolant then a coolant temp sensor will not be able to sense over temp and you will need to either get block temp or oil temp.

But having a sudden stop of the engine without warning will cause more problems and dangerous conditions then good ever, a buzzer or other alarm is what is needed.

David

 

[TMGT]

I drive a mack rd600dump truck that shuts off if the temp gets to high on the highway at 65:confused3:

Engine or exhaust? If it's new enough to have emissions there are some criteria for shutdown from exhaust over temp.

 

[Erik M]

Enjoy learning to maintain your machine, reminds me of a few weeks ago when I was finishing up blowing snow and a hose clamp on the transmission oil cooler let go. Didn’t know what had happened except that it was a massive leak. Thankfully it was a $2 hose clamp that failed, but couldn’t see it until the cowling was removed. What an awful mess it made though, of course the whole front of the machine got a nice anticorrosion spray as the leak was right in front of the fan. I will pressure it wash it all in the spring.

 

[square1]

Enjoy learning to maintain your machine...

^^^ This^^^
As my neighbor is somewhatoverly fond of saying whenever he catches me repairing something, "It's just one of the privileges of owning [insert name of item being worked on here]"!

 

[DCarter]

Got the tractor loaded no problem. I used the old ugly B7100 to pull it to the street, then put the trailer in front of it and ran it about 15-20 seconds driving it up on the trailer.

 

[JWR]

If the motor is cool when started and assuming it will only be a minute or two at lower rpms it should be fine from a thermal standpoint. Running a water pump when it is dry is another issue with bearing/seals. Then again it sounded like your belt was distroid in the process. Perhaps cut it off or disconnect it.

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes.

Agree. You will never harm an internal combustion engine by running it 1 minute without coolant. Especially since the fanbelt/water pump belt is gone you do not have to worry about water pump issues which are far fetched in the first place. If you can drive it up on your trailer in under a minute or roughly so (which surely you can) then just do it. Not a problem.

BY THE WAY being brand new like that, if there is any worry at all, invest in having your dealer pick it up and let them worry over coolant issues. Depending on the level of honesty and common sense of your dealer, it may be worth the insurance of having them pick it up anyway (such that they cannot claim you furthered the damage.)

 

[4570Man]

I don’t think spearing the radiator is a warranty problem. What difference does it make what the dealer claims? And there’s no chance I’d change a radiator in the cold. If the weather was nice it might be less work to move it than just changing it.

 

[motownbrowne]

Might be a good time to add a skid plate underneath and some expanded metal to the brush guard. Tractors aren't really meant to be used as bulldozers or skid steers. You can get away with stuff, but you gotta be pretty careful. Driving over brush is never ideal, and as was mentioned above, if you do it, don't change directions.

That said, good luck with the repair, and use some good coolant like Fleetguard once you get it back together.

 

[JWR]

I don稚 think spearing the radiator is a warranty problem. What difference does it make what the dealer claims? ...

All this is moot since he has already run and moved the tractor to the trailer. To your comment: I never suggested that spearing the radiator was a warranty issue or related to it. What I said, and do say, is that if you run the tractor without coolant for 1 minute there are dealers and manufacturers out there who will make an unjustified federal case out of that and use it as an excuse not to cover OTHER issues that might crop up in the future. It makes a big difference what the dealer claims if that happens. It is in that context that I used the words Honesty and Common Sense.