The fan on my MF202 self ejected one fan blade causing the damage to the radiator you see in the picture below. I needed to get the tractor fixed fast to do some work so with the nnalert-10 and businesses being closed down I didn t even try to find a place that repaired radiators. I decided to bite the bullet and just buy a new one.
Buying a new one was not so easy. It was a PIA to just find the correct one. My MF202 tractor serial number plate is missing so I don t know the serial number. But with the help of forum members I managed to find the correct part number for my tractor. Then came the task of finding one. After many phone calls, I was given the number of SMA West. So I called them and they said they were a wholesaler and I would have to order through some other retail seller. As luck would have it He said that TSC could order me one. So, I went to TSC and ordered one. It took over three weeks but they finally got me one for around $308 dollars. I was surprised to find that it had no plastic parts on it and looked very well made, although it said "made in Turkey" on the box I also ordered a new water pump and fan through our YT site.
Soon to the tare down and install. The two bottom bolts holding the radiator on were the most God awful things to get at I ve ever run across in my whole life. You can see in the picture that the head of one horizontal frame bolt was right in the way. Well, through a whole series of different I managed to get them off.
Those carriage type bolts would not fit into the slots in the base of the new radiator. So, I played around with a grinder and a belt sander and whittled them down to fit. It s a 30 minute ride into town where I could maybe find bolts to fit so that was out. So, in goes the new radiator and the war started again getting those two bottom bolts on and tight. I got the new radiator on and found that my top support rod was too short and would not work on it. In the parts manual they show two different sizes. But the correct radiator that had the upper return spout with the curve down on it was the correct radiator and according to the parts manual it was supposed to take the shorter rod like mine was. So after some cussing I made my own support out of some aluminum stock you see in the picture.
Installing the new water pump was no picnic either. Especially getting the nuts and washers on in that limited space. The alternator support which mounts on one of those water pump studs would not fit on the new pump. I had to take it to the bench grinder and slim down the end which fits in there and finally got the pump installed.
I got a good scare when I first tried to slid that new pump on the three studs. It s a round plate on the pump with three mounting holes. I tried to slide it on and found that it would fit. I almost started crying at that point. I then decided to rotate it one hole and again it would not fit. I rotated it one hole again and it slid right on. It s a round flange with three holes. You would think that the holes would be equal distances apart but they weren t. That pump fit on only one way.
One more thing, I debated on whether to mount the fan before putting the new radiator in so I went ahead and mounted it. There was no way to get the radiator in with the fan on it. So, I had to remove it again. After installing the radiator it wasn t too hard to then install the fan. Lots of close quarters work on this project.
So, anyway, my tractor is up and running again and I m just sitting relaxing today before getting on it and doing some work.
Buying a new one was not so easy. It was a PIA to just find the correct one. My MF202 tractor serial number plate is missing so I don t know the serial number. But with the help of forum members I managed to find the correct part number for my tractor. Then came the task of finding one. After many phone calls, I was given the number of SMA West. So I called them and they said they were a wholesaler and I would have to order through some other retail seller. As luck would have it He said that TSC could order me one. So, I went to TSC and ordered one. It took over three weeks but they finally got me one for around $308 dollars. I was surprised to find that it had no plastic parts on it and looked very well made, although it said "made in Turkey" on the box I also ordered a new water pump and fan through our YT site.
Soon to the tare down and install. The two bottom bolts holding the radiator on were the most God awful things to get at I ve ever run across in my whole life. You can see in the picture that the head of one horizontal frame bolt was right in the way. Well, through a whole series of different I managed to get them off.
Those carriage type bolts would not fit into the slots in the base of the new radiator. So, I played around with a grinder and a belt sander and whittled them down to fit. It s a 30 minute ride into town where I could maybe find bolts to fit so that was out. So, in goes the new radiator and the war started again getting those two bottom bolts on and tight. I got the new radiator on and found that my top support rod was too short and would not work on it. In the parts manual they show two different sizes. But the correct radiator that had the upper return spout with the curve down on it was the correct radiator and according to the parts manual it was supposed to take the shorter rod like mine was. So after some cussing I made my own support out of some aluminum stock you see in the picture.
Installing the new water pump was no picnic either. Especially getting the nuts and washers on in that limited space. The alternator support which mounts on one of those water pump studs would not fit on the new pump. I had to take it to the bench grinder and slim down the end which fits in there and finally got the pump installed.
I got a good scare when I first tried to slid that new pump on the three studs. It s a round plate on the pump with three mounting holes. I tried to slide it on and found that it would fit. I almost started crying at that point. I then decided to rotate it one hole and again it would not fit. I rotated it one hole again and it slid right on. It s a round flange with three holes. You would think that the holes would be equal distances apart but they weren t. That pump fit on only one way.
One more thing, I debated on whether to mount the fan before putting the new radiator in so I went ahead and mounted it. There was no way to get the radiator in with the fan on it. So, I had to remove it again. After installing the radiator it wasn t too hard to then install the fan. Lots of close quarters work on this project.
So, anyway, my tractor is up and running again and I m just sitting relaxing today before getting on it and doing some work.
