Farmall C

[markcycling]

I just bought a Farmall "C" -Do they have a engine temperture guage-Mine doesn"t -Can you put one in -If so Where do you put the sending unit? Thanks -Mark

 

[Anonymous-0]

There should be a plug in the lower outlet and that is where the sending unit goes and the guage goes by the amp guage so be sure the guage has enough lead to hook it up.

 

[ScottyHOMeY]

Cs, as far as I know, may or may not have a temp gauge on the cooling system. SuperCs as a rule did.

If the panel under the steering post is the same as the SC, the temp gauge goes at the bottom, centered under the ignition button and fuse holder. This arrangement took a long cable to run from the upper (engine outlet/radiator inlet) neck on the motor back to the panel.

On As and B/BNs, if there was a temp gauge at all, it was mounted on a bracket attached to the bolts that hold the governor to the timing case and had a much shorter (obviously) lead. Don't know if that was the case with the Cs.

If you want to add one, go at it with some caution. I don't recall right off where the sending unit was on the As and Bs, but I think it was in the lower neck. What you don't want to do is get an upper neck from a SuperC. It won't fit due to the different radiator hieghts.

That, and in general, if you have a non-pressurized thermosiphon (no water pump, no thermostat) cooling system on your tractor and it's reasonably clean, you'd have to work the livin' snot out of it to overheat it to where a temp gauge would be needed. They were wicked efficient sytems.

 

[RAW in IA]

A temp guage on a C , as Mark said goes in the lower return from the radiator. It will not show a very high reading unless youcover the radiator, as you are reading the water temp from the bottomof the radiator. Dad had one and the only time the temp guage came up ia once when I forgot to check the coolant level and it was low. It wouldn't circulate and the thing got real hot .

 

[markcycling]

Thank you all for the help-I certainly appreciate it and have a Wonderful New Year-Mark

 

[Anonymous-0]

C's had a non pressurized non water pump system. Unless it is spitting out water it is good to go. We pulled our C hard and rarely did it spit. You can't fill it full, just above the top radiator hose.
My old Kubota diesel has the same system and it works well if the coolant level is right, overfill and it will spit out excess. But it never overheats. I doubt a temp gage is necessary on a C , it has worked for more than 60 years now. Just knowing what the temp is won't make it work better.