the heck withn a thermostat...

steve19438

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I was going to replace the thermostat but got lazy. this piece of cardboard kept the temp. gauge at 175/180 on a humid day at 75 degrees fah. I worked the tractor fairly hard for an hour. MF 50.


what problems could arise with my laziness ???

thanks.
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The only thing I got that I KNOW has a thermostat in it is the Dodge Ram diesel, cause in the winter it doesn't throw enough heat to the floor, your feet never warm up... so I put a cardboard box on the radiator. Stays there till spring. BUT... never a cheesy box, always a top quality cardboard box, from a good company, with good, fresh tape... I am fussy like that.
 
No thermostat can cause many problems. On some they do not cool as well as one with a thermostat. Also they tend to not heat up as they should and that in turn causes the condensation in the engine oil to build up and you end up with milk shake oil in the engine which is not good
 
I will keep an eye on it. if I see that happening I will put a new thermostat in. for now it is the lazy way. :)
 
Only if it get up to the 180-195 it needs to be. Many engine with out a thermostat never get above around 150 and that is not hot enough to steam off the condensation
 
If that is the case it is probably not cooling like it should then and the coolant is moving to fast. A thermostat does a couple things. It regulates engine temp so it runs at 180 or so all the time it is running no matter how hot or cold it is out side. I bet on a hotter day it would run hotter then what you said and on a cold day who know but either way will not run as it should
 
I guess if you're ok with monitoring the temperature and adjusting your cardboard as required, you should be fine. I'm thinking it won't take long 'til you decide it's probably easier to replace the blinkin' thermostat! :lol:
 
in the long run you are probably right. its just that the fan shroud makes it a pain to replace the thermostat and I don't feel like taking the radiator off the tractor right now.
 
Other thing to think about is imbalance on the fan bearings. You have flowing air impacting only the top of the blades. That is the value of shutters, they slow down the air evenly. Might damage fan bearings, might not, I really don't know. You see some over-the-road truckers have an diamond-shape opening on a air dam in the winter, but it reduces the air flow evenly. you might think about that.
 
the proper way to have radiator covered is with a round hole in the centre of fan. this keeps the fan blades from wobbling drawing air in. experiment with 8-12 " hole and outside temp. this was always done long ago i remember, but thats another forgotten thing.
 

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