Stupid slip

grandpa Love · Jul 3, 2019

Taking the sheet metal off Smokey the 8n and the grill fell off poked a small hole in radiator. Who knew the grill would just fall off?!?! Looking it over I see one place where someone crimped another spot. Any tips on doing that?

David G · Jul 3, 2019

I put a big hole in the radiator of my formal H. I wanted to roll the Formal ahead a few feet, so pushed it, well it was downhill, the Farmall took off and rolled down the hill and into the bale spear of the 4020, which just happened to be pointing at the Farmall.

4wdtom · Jul 3, 2019

I have a friend who has plugged tubes in a radiator with a small piece of rag soaked with Gorilla Glue. The glue swells up as it cures and seals the tube, the rag holds it all together as it cures.

grandpa Love · Jul 3, 2019

Gorrila glue! Great idea.

Richard G. · Jul 3, 2019

Kevin, I also like the gorilla glue idea.
A 2n I rebuilt for an old friend years ago had a small leak in the radiator.
I cleaned around it as best I could and pushed high temp silicone sealant around the leak filling in the open areas on each side of it. Worked great.
Richard

grayrider · Jul 3, 2019

David G, give us the rest of the story, so what did you do about the big hole? Bet that was beyond the repair capabilities of Gorilla Glue...lol

SVcummins · Jul 3, 2019

I?ve patched a lot of radiators with jb weld or quick steel way bigger than a pin hole . The one In the 4020 has a patch 4 inches wide buy a foot long it?s been that way for 11 years

Super H Mike · Jul 3, 2019

I have used that gas tank sealer, the epoxy type that you knead the two parts together and then just push it into the damaged spot. It held on my 1800 Oliver for 10 years before I sold it, might still be holding to this day ?

OregonAaron · Jul 3, 2019

I used jb weld on my 2000's radiator. Worked great and no leaks.

old · Jul 3, 2019

I have always just used a torch and solder to fix things like that.

Ultradog MN · Jul 3, 2019

You guys with your puckeys and glues.
Sheesh!
Can't you at least TRY to solder it before you fubar the thing??
Use a soldering pencil or a good soldering gun. Get it clean and use flux.
Ordinary flux and solder from Home Depot will work.
Soldering a tube is easy and lasts forever.

IowaJohn · Jul 3, 2019

Somebody and I'm probably the guilty party backed our rear engine lawnmower into something sharp. It cracked the pot metal valve cover. My wife drives it and doesn't always check the oil before heading out. I'm waiting on a new cover and gasket to get here and the grass keeps growing so as of right now JB weld is holding just fine.

MARK ROBKE · Jul 3, 2019

I recommend solder. It's easy and is how the tanks are put on anyway. I too bumped a radiator of my own with a wrench or something one time: I just cleaned the core, fluxed and soldered it. Acid core solder. Easy-peasy! Mark.

Blackhole49 · Jul 3, 2019

I repaired the radiator on this A 4 years ago with JB Weld an have been mowing 2 acres a week with it since with no issues. It has to be really clean first.

SVcummins · Jul 3, 2019

Because the average novice can turn a little hole that can be patched into a molten pile of junk worth between fifteen cents and 80 cents a pound , jb weld will do the job and do it well with no skill set required other mixing 2 equal amounts of putty and stirring it . The last thing I would ever recommend would be to just try it

Ultradog MN · Jul 3, 2019

Remind me never to buy a tractor from those guys.

Vito · Jul 3, 2019

A older gentleman told me to use pepper onetime. Says once it gets hit it will plug the hole. Pour it into the radiator and run tractor.

Vito

Leroy · Jul 3, 2019

For those of you that think soldering is easy the designer of the space shuttle probably thought that was easy as well. 60 some years ago the class instructor gave up on being able to get any of us able to make a satifactory solder job. Solder would never hold on any thing that was tried to do. Have trierd several times since. When it melts the soldering iron before it melts the solder you know it is hot enough. Melted the tip right off the soldering iron you know it has to be getting hot enough.

SVcummins · Jul 3, 2019

I can do a lot of things but I know my soldering limits

OregonAaron · Jul 3, 2019

I will very rarely endorse jb weld as a good repair option. However this is one time that I will. Extremely easy to ruin a radiator with poor soldering techniques or not having the right equipment. Plenty of folks have propane torches, but few have the small pencil torches available in their tool arsenal. With proper cleaning jb weld seems to be a great option assuming you arent trying to fix too big of a hole.

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