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Allan in NE

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Hrumph!

Another IH heat gauge bit the dust; think this makes the 4th or 5th IH tractor I've had that this has happened to.

Gauge acts plumb normal, but after about half an hour, it has climbed way up past the hot mark.

Tractor isn't actually running hot, 'cause I can pull the radiator cap and stick my finger in the coolant without too darned much pain; probably 170 degrees or so? :>)

Hate farming "blind" like this and I still have 120 acres to upset yet. Sure is hard to ignore that lying gauge tho....... :>(

Allan

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Could it just be a bad sending unit or is that old enough to still have a capillary style gauge? Either way you well know that you could rig one up quick and dirty for about $30 just to keep an eye on things until you can fix it right. Have fun out there, it looks like it's working up real nice.
 
I hate when that happens.

I had a wire short on an 856 once causing the oil pressure light to come on intermittently. There were a few tense moments over that till I figured out what it was and fixed it.
 
Part of the circuit board controlling the gauges has a partial open circuit on my 1086, causing the oil press gauge to read zero intermittantly. First time I looked down and saw the pressure at zero I about had a heart attack. Then I reasoned that if a tractor running at full tilt on the plow really lost oil pressure it wouldn't be running by now. A manual gauge in front of the lower right window solved the problem. Jim
 
Awesome pics. Man, I'd love to run a rig like that. Good thing I don't live on a farm, you'd never get me back in the house!

I'd rather muck out a stall than sweep the floor in the house. James is good and doesn't complain. But on the other hand, time spent working the farm together is serious quality time spent with each other and that's what really counts.

Understand about the gauge problem. Can really make you sweat.

My Chevy truck had electrical probs for years until finally figured it out and fixed it. Made me crazy, but taught me to watch gauges.

Some of the new gauges James has installed on the tractors don't read the same as the old ones. They show oil pressure at M or L. We know that's not a correct reading, because James checked and tested things enough to figure out the new gauges just don't read the same.
 
Hi Bud,

Nothin' this spring.

This is just the first pass at the summer fallow. Gotta keep the weeds at bay all summer and then will get planted to winter wheat in September.

Allan
 
Personally, I prefer the good old mechanical gauges marked with NUMBERS so I know what is going on...

If mechanical isn't an option, a good liquid-filled electric will suffice - I prefer and have had good luck with AutoMeter gauges from summitracing.com

Wish I could be in the field instead of the classroom. Darn snow and mud took up my whole vacation and I didn't get any seat time in the field. :(
 
Same with me. The first time the oil pressure light came on on the 856, I was running full throttle in low 4th on a plow. I reasoned if I actually had lost oil pressure the engine would have been done for about the time the light came on.

I still took it mighty easy till I got back to my shop. I had a 454 Chevy pickup engine taken out once by the shaft breaking in the oil pump. Two rod bearings spun almost instantaneously.
 
I know the feeling...got a 4366 that dad overheated last year....gauge wasn't lying. This year....same as you said...cool to the touch. Best to get it fixed in a hurry but you gotta do what you gotta do.
 
ol' 10 (my cousin has one just like her) is just trying to tell you that 1/2 hour of pulling that 16' disk is enough and it wants to go back to the tool-house and rest because it's old and tired!:^)
 
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