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how fast are you mowing?

are you one of those guys that has a diesel truck and I don't care that we have the camper loaded with camping gear, fire wood, motorcycles, 100 gallons of fresh water, and a half cord of fire wood. We are doing to speed limit over the pass no matter what my gages say ?

I ask because I have a family member that has a zero turn. He will decide to mow tall grass, and WFO like he normally does and smoke his belts, and it is always someone's fault but his, and every time you explain it to him, it doesn't register
 
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It got pretty bad hot saturday cleaning up brush at some family property. Something hung the radiator drain valve and broke it off. Ran all the water out of it. Temp gauge never moved off normal. It doesnt register if there isnt any water moving across it.
Started loosing power and valves were chattering. I shut it down and found the broke line. Let it cool down and plugged the drain valve. Fired it up and filled with a gallon of water. Drove it about a half mile back to the truck. Ran fine all the way. Just got it home this morning, I have not checked to see if the oil has any water mixed in with it yet.
This could have been pertinent in the first post. Your shits fucked. Head, head gasket. Something like that.
 
how fast are you mowing?

are you one of those guys that has a diesel truck and I don't care that we have the camper loaded with camping gear, fire wood, motorcycles, 100 gallons of fresh water, and a half cord of fire wood. We are doing to speed limit over the pass no matter what my gages say ?

I ask because I have a family member that has a zero turn. He will decide to mow tall grass, and WFO like he normally does and smoke his belts, and it is always someone's fault but his, and every time you explain it to him, it doesn't register
Nope, dont get in any hurry. Little tractor dont go very fast anyway. Lol
 
This could have been pertinent in the first post. Your shits fucked. Head, head gasket. Something like that.
How? This happened saturday because something that broke. The problems overheating with the bush hog and tiller has been an on going problem for a few years. Try to keep up. Lol
Now because of saturday it could be fucked and wasnt even using the pto.
Grader blade and a bucket can get some shit done.
 
How? This happened saturday because something that broke. The problems overheating with the bush hog and tiller has been an on going problem for a few years. Try to keep up. Lol
Now because of saturday it could be fucked and wasnt even using the pto.
Grader blade and a bucket can get some shit done.
Your first post said you’d been running the tiller and brush hog for several years before it started getting hot. Like it was a sudden problem. Now it’s been a problem for several years. Sober up and write out what’s happened and somebody will be along to tell you what’s wrong.
 
Your first post said you’d been running the tiller and brush hog for several years before it started getting hot. Like it was a sudden problem. Now it’s been a problem for several years. Sober up and write out what’s happened and somebody will be along to tell you what’s wrong.
Probably just needs to clean the screen :lmao:
 
I'm going to spitball this one. Do you have all the grass seed cleaned out of your grill? All the tube fins are clear. Should have been asked in post 2.
 
Your first post said you’d been running the tiller and brush hog for several years before it started getting hot. Like it was a sudden problem. Now it’s been a problem for several years. Sober up and write out what’s happened and somebody will be along to tell you what’s wrong.
I said it keeps overheating when i run the bush hog. Its been a recurring problem for several seasons. I have had this tractor for a very long time, somewhere along the mid 2000’s.
It got exceptionally hot this past saturday due to breaking a drain valve. Not related to the original overheating issue.
 
I'm going to spitball this one. Do you have all the grass seed cleaned out of your grill? All the tube fins are clear. Should have been asked in post 2.
Yep, learned that the first time i cut some tall grass. The screen in front if the radiator will clog up quick.
 
Yep, learned that the first time i cut some tall grass. The screen in front if the radiator will clog up quick.
You sure you got all the air out? Some systems need th be level and filled nice and slow while purging the air. I'd try draining and filling again real slow.

Btw I'm not sure where this thread left you. I didn't read it all.
 
I’m going to be the dissenting opinion here…if it never over heats doing dirt work, it’s likely your implements or PTO giving you problems. Go drive around with nothing hooked to the PTO but the PTO engaged for the amount of time it would take to see the issue. If it runs fine empty, then start looking at your mower and tiller. Bearings? Something wedged/wrapped up/bent?
 
Ill try that with the pto, good idea. You can turn the bush hog by hand. The tiller turn fair. Neither seem to have any bearing problems.
 
I've ran a brush hog with bad bearings and it made all kinds of noise and vibrated horribly. It's 100% obvious when they go bad.
 
How old was the coolant that was drained out of the radiator?
How often have you ran water in it? Tap or distilled?

Throw a thermostat at it. Before you do, take the old thermostat out, fill 50/50 vinegar and water. Let it run a while. Then flush the fuck out of it. Reverse flush the radiator if you can.

Put new thermostat in or run it without a thermostat. Fill it with non-creekwater coolant cut with distilled water if you buy concentrate.
 
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