Temp Gauge

[J Strickland]

Ok Guys,

A question that I have not found the answer to yet. Did a 1941 Farmall A have a Temp gauge? I have found a 67135 D on ebay, However after crossing it in Steiners and another web site it will fit an A after 1947. So does my tractor have a newer part which uses the gauge or did the 41 model not have one.

Thanks,

James

 

[old]

If I remember right a temp gauge was in fact an option on may tractors of the day

 

[Dan-in-MO]

As long as we're on this topic, the heat guage on my '47 H never moves off cold. Even when I had spent the whole day dragging logs up an Ozark hillside, the guage still read cold. I have 2 1/2 theories, but would appreciate some input. One theory is a stuck needle. Another is a bad sender or guage.

 

[old]

Bad gauge, or no thermostat or a clogged up cooling system in the are of the sender. Pretty easy to check simply by removing the gauge the send then take it in your house and stick the sender in a pot of cool water and then heat the water to boiling. If the gauge does not move then replace it. Since the sender and gauge are such that you have to replace the whole thing then do so

 

[CNKS]

The temp gauges on an A were generally used for kerosene/distillate in combination with shutters to get the temperature up enough to run on those fuels, they were started on gas. The gauge is attached to the lower outlet, which is cooled water, so it won't move much at all. In other words a temp gauge for gasolene is not needed. I did connect one to the outlet of the head, it works but moves all over the place. It was not designed for a thermosiphon system, but will work with a water pump as is on the Super A1 and Super C. If it does not have a water pump, I say forget it.

 

[CNKS]

It should move some, but the H/M, etc have to be loaded in warm weather to get in the operating range. You pulled logs up a hill, but then you had to go downhill with no load. In cool weather it may never get outside of cold.

 

[J Strickland]

Ok this would explain it then. I bought the tractor without a radiator on it. I have since purchased a radiator off of a scrap tractor which did have the shutters.

I guess that was easier for Farmall to make all the lower outlets with the Temp gauge hole, then to separate them out.

Thanks, I will still be loking for a deal on a Gauge but not as hard as I was since it is not needed.

It must have had shutters on the tractor and someone needed the radiator and took the shutters with them.


Thanks,

James

 

[SadFarmall]

My 46 A has a temperature, which is defective. I won't replace it until I get the tractor running properly and working on kerosene. Then I'll need it. It is very easy to move from a good running temperature to boiling the water if you leave the shutters closed or partially closed when operating on kero.
SadFarmall