52 John Deere M Temp

[bobgrimes]

Just changed the temp gauge on my 52 m Had a steiner gauge and it never seemed to work. Bought an Evergreen gauge and installed it yesterday. Ran tractor for about 20 minutes and it never moved. Is this a gauge problem? I have never had a problem with Evergreen before. Thanks for any input.

 

[amtrac]

I have the same issue with my 40 Standard. Took out the old gauge and replaced it with a new one from Evergreen. I can run the tractor for hours (no load) and the heat never rises on the gauge. Guess the cooling system just works TOO good. Engine gets warm to the touch, but nothing ever gets hot. Tried covering the grill with plastic in the winter and it still runs cold.

 

[bobgrimes]

Yes, same with me. The engine gets warm to the touch but nothing registers. I am going to try running it longer and see what happens

 

[M-MAN]

Last one I got from Jerry climbed to 220 and stayed there. That's how hot it's always ran so I just left it alone.

 

[James Howell]

"[b:654c4848f0][i:654c4848f0]Is this a gauge problem?[/i:654c4848f0][/b:654c4848f0]"

You might consider checking it with pan of boiling water.

If the indicator moves, then the gauge is working.

Once installed on the tractor, well . . .

We have one MT with an original gauge and it works well.

The gauge on "Sparky" our 51M worked fine in the pan of boiling water.

Have not driven it enough to determine if it works on the tractor.

Hope this helps.

 

[Hay maker2]

(quoted from post at 15:30:10 05/28/19) I have the same issue with my 40 Standard. Took out the old gauge and replaced it with a new one from Evergreen. I can run the tractor for hours (no load) and the heat never rises on the gauge. Guess the cooling system just works TOO good. Engine gets warm to the touch, but nothing ever gets hot. Tried covering the grill with plastic in the winter and it still runs cold.

My temp gauge will seldom move off of the zero point and if it does its just a little.

Now if I pull my 2 bottom mounted plow the temp gauges will move right up like it is suppose too.

 

[ndgregor]

I restored my 1951 M and kept the original temp gauge. I never tested it, and assumed it just did not work because it never registered. For the most part the tractor is very lightly used. This past weekend I spent several hours spreading manure with it in 85 degree weather and the old gauge sat between 200 and 210 degrees fahrenheit. My point being you really need to put a load on them in order for any gauge to budge.

 

[oakland29]

Go to Walmart or another big box and buy a meat thermometer stick it in the top of the radiator while it's running idle you'll see the real temp. it's called (invection)heat rises without a water pump to push it.then raise the rpm and see where it goes. add a load and Eventually it'll get up high enough to be read on the new guage. this takes away the worries.. have fun