Radiator life expectancy?

[Bud in FLA]

OK - I'm new to this board. I just found the Yanmar info. I've been on the YT board for years but not active much recently. I started as Bud in NC with an Allis D17, then Bud in WV with my YM1610D. We decided we'd had enough snow 13 years ago and moved south.
I still have the YM1610D tractor. I think it's about a 1985 model. I recently discovered a water leak near the back of the head. I have a friend who was a tractor mechanic that's going to help me next week - I was a turbine millwright/machinist/pipe welder but never worked on engines that much. He thinks it may be a freeze plug rusted through. The plan is split the tractor so we can see what's going on, check the clutch, etc.

I know the radiator has a small weep that needs to be repaired but does anyone have any experience with the life expectancy of a radiator? I hosed the dirt off and it doesn't look *that* bad. I learned from fossil turbine work that you better fix everything you can think of when you have the chance. We only opened those machines every 10 to 20 years. I found a local radiator shop but I can buy a new replacement for $285 + s&h.

I have no idea what the radiator shop would charge to clean it, remove the tanks and decide there were too many tubes stopped up. Does anyone have any experience that may help? Plan to try to repair it or just replace it before having a radiator shop bill and still having to replace it?
I have no idea what the tag means, either. It was soldered to the upper tank and fell off when I hosed the radiator off.

Thanks for any input!

 

[winston-HT]

I believe the 1610 was made in 1980 & 81. https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/002/4/1/2414-yanmar-ym1610.html
I had a radiator experience with my old 2002D. It ran a little hotter than I wanted so i purchased a new radiator that was suppose to be equivalent. However. my odd radiator had three rows of tubes and the new one had 2 rows. According to Hoye it was suppose to be equivalent. It ran hotter than the old 3 row so I ended up acid washing the old one and putting it back on. I would suggest seeing how many tube rows your 610 has and then check with whoever you might purchase from to make sure you are getting a 3 row. Just my experience.

Might notice this one is listed as 2 row. https://www.reliableaftermarketpart...MIw_-4jqzElgMVtEp_AB1vRzFPEAQYASABEgLDf_D_BwE

You can remove the cap an see how many rows you have.

 

[Bud in FLA]

I believe the 1610 was made in 1980 & 81. https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/002/4/1/2414-yanmar-ym1610.html
I had a radiator experience with my old 2002D. It ran a little hotter than I wanted so i purchased a new radiator that was suppose to be equivalent. However. my odd radiator had three rows of tubes and the new one had 2 rows. According to Hoye it was suppose to be equivalent. It ran hotter than the old 3 row so I ended up acid washing the old one and putting it back on. I would suggest seeing how many tube rows your 610 has and then check with whoever you might purchase from to make sure you are getting a 3 row. Just my experience.

Might notice this one is listed as 2 row. https://www.reliableaftermarketpart...MIw_-4jqzElgMVtEp_AB1vRzFPEAQYASABEgLDf_D_BwE

You can remove the cap an see how many rows you have.

Thanks for the info! Great idea!

 

[lodoc]

If you have a reasonably solid copper / brass radiator from that era a good shop w a tank should be able to clean out the deposits and resolder the tank and it will last many more years. And you'll likely have less fitment issues, better cooling and quality than with an aftermarket tank. They should be able to give you some $ #'s when you drop it off. I don't know if that tractor has a screen in front of the radiator but they are helpful if you're working it in dirty environments.