MF 135 cooling system issue

[Janicholson]

Yippeee! Jim

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Must not have worked it very hard to get those temps. Glad you got it cooled down though.

 

[Ray,IN]

as for the fan belt, that is another one that has throw up a red flag, thats a great point,, thanks, this tractor has been convertered from a generator to an alternator. it has a home made bracket that I do not like at all. its flemsime and some what weak. It currently uses a long fan belt for its belt. I am watching to see if i can see and slippage with the human eye but I do not see any. one of my top proiorities is to replace all of this bracket hardware with a better and stronger bracket. Im trying to pull up on the alternator in order to make sure its tight enough so that no sliipage is taking place.

If you can deflect the fan belt 3/4" between the longest distance between pulleys/sheaves it requires re-tensioning. Also, a fan belt should never run against the bottom of a pulley, the sides of a V-belt is what does the work. For example, if your pulleys measure 15/32" at the top of the V, the fan belt should measure ½" width.

reference: https://www.powertransmission.com/ext/resources/issues/0617/vbelts.pdf?1646351995?1646351995