My buddy worked at Kubota and he said the most common cause for cracked heads is a clogged radiator. He said when people use a brush hog they clog up the radiator with debris and they don’t check the temp while they’re mowing. He also said the most common user error fix is broken PTO’s cause by people who drill their auger bits into the ground to store them. He said they explode when they try to take the auger bit out of the ground months down the road.
Thanks for the pointers. Mine overheated the other day while brush hogging. I had the bucket on. The tractor's radiator screen and the grill were CAKED with debris. I was using the bucket to guard against running over any junk in the field because it was an unknown property that a friend just bought.
Thank you, common sense maintenance of your tractor. I know a many of old timers who check it every so often. I always check my maintenance before and after every use. That was one of many things the Army taught me. Thanks for sharing.
When my tractor get in the red zone, I WILL NEVER SHUT IT DOWN , but let idle so it will cool itself slowly, if you shut it down, all the heat is stuck in the engine, and takes more time to cool it .When running its like putting a fan in front of it. If it get in the red zone while idling, then something is wrong, then now its the time to shut it and inspect it carefully.
Did you ever figure out your overheating issue? I know it was a while ago but ran across your comment and since I am having the same issue with My MF GC 1723 thought I would ask.
@@CountryLivingExperience It was just the years I guess, it had rusted and the parts inside of the muffler sorta moving around in there clogged it up, not completely but enough to make it run hot.
@@dDayye I will look at my own JD, its a 1010c dozer, i have notice that my trap over the muffler was not moving much while idling, only in higher rpm that it would open up but 3/4 open .I will look with a camera when it cools down. Thank for the info.
