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here is a labeled pic. hope this helps. Louis

am i the only one to have problems getting on and of this L1500/L175 tractor. i figured it was just a mater of time before i sliped or triped and broke some bones. sooo today while i,m waiting for a rad i took 2 in of the pto and gear levers. i shortened the knob on the pto and drilled it almost...

Brian; my bad. now were on the same page. the three posts as u call them, are top and bottom are threaded nuts for the bolts on the back side. the center one is for the battery tie down that sticks through the plate. go back to the pic where i was match drilling the tank to the plate and u can...

u lost me Brian; here is a pic of the back of the rad, fan side. the top tank is quite a bit thicker than the core. my rad core is toast. now that i put a new spout on and the cap is holdeing pressure, it,s leaking every where. my finger nails will poke holes in the tubes. i finaly had to tell...

here is a tip that might save somebody some grief. when removeing or installing a battery, u ALLWAYS REMOVE THE GROUNDED TERMINAL FIRST AND IT,S THE LAST ONE TO GO BACK ON. i once met a guy that was blind because of this. think about it and u will see why. in our bota,s are all neg grnd. first...

thanks guys, now for the rest of the story. i was going to need a very small tip to fix the rad spout, the smallest i had was #2 which had a .038 thou hole. so i took my nico press tool thats used for swageing fitting on cable and swaged the end of a spare #2 tip i had. i then used a small tip...

i beleive all 3pt are power up only. gravity down. sooo it could be binding or froze. jump on it Louis

Dan, my bota is a grey market L1500 same as the L175. thank for the vote of confidence guys. see my just posted pic of my fixed rad spout and tested overflow tank.(the service and repair forum) YAAAAHHHOOOO. Louis

yesterday i discovered my rad spout was broken. i was going to silversolder the peice back on. when i was cleaning the spout i discovered a crack going down. time for rethink. i got a old rad from the boneyard and the spout was identical except it was good. i could not see or feel any mechanicl...

thanks for shareing your expertise Bob. ur 100% correct. it won,t work with the bota rad cap, however i just pulled the rad cap of a old chev truck and the physical dimentions are the same. now for the bad news for me, when i took the rad cap of the bota just now, part of the ear fell of. it had...

well my rad overflow tank is complete except the hose is to short. i,ll have to go to town in the AM and get one. it,s 6 in x 1 3/4 in x 12in . useing the swag formula, it,s twice as big as i need. hope this works.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_is_the_boiling_point_of_coolant_per_one_pound_of_pressure this link talks about the boiling point of coolant under pressure. the boiling point is raised 3 deg for every lb of pressure. sooooo the OT with thermo syphon uses 13 lb rad caps =39+ 212 = 251 deg...

there is a product called nyalic. it ia a clear coat that has a viscosity somewhere between water and olive oil. it can be brushed, roller, or sprayed. it is uv cured and it will not yellow , peel and after it,s cured can be painted. it can be applied on bare aluminum, painted surfaces, and...

read these posts about the overflow and thermosiphon cooling http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3277

me thinks u should get a canary. for $600 i would start hammering and welding and painting. if u don,t know how , no better time to learn than now. be creative add a hood ornament of a old mercury car or something. then u can say " atsa mi tractor" cheers Louis

cheap cheap cheap, u guessed it, it,s that canary sinnging to me again. i needed a new steering wheel and i had nightmares about the cost. the bone yard had a POS chineese electric scooter. the front wheel was just begging to be recycled. i drilled out the center yo 1 5/16 in and machined a...

i thought i would make some canary decals to put on my bota projects. i made a few extra. i,ll need one in a few days for my almost finnished bota steering wheel. Louis

well it,s all installed. there are differant tupes of these hot water temp switches. if it only has 2 terminals that means that they are normaly closed. (NC). the ones that have 3 or 4 terminalls have the normaly open(NO) teminals as well. since i increased the deaign parameters on this...

woooo hoooo, i,m now a second year apprentice. i can now start doing some serious work. just so i don,t get accused of being a post ho, here is a painting tip. painting aluminum and galvanized steel, to get the paint to stick, u use etching primer. plasticoat makes a spray bomb #470 etching...

sir; u have a well equipted shop and u do exceptionaly nice work. i have never seen a taping rig like that. any more info and pics on that unit. TIA Louis