Re: Re: radiator shutters???What do you think?

Posted by Bill Smith on August 29, 2001 at 16:33:43 from (128.242.4.59):

In Reply to: Re: radiator shutters???What do you think? posted by Bob Kerr on August 28, 2001 at 22:06:05:

When I restored my F-20 I had trouble with radiator to start out with. It leaked and was really rusted out in the caste iron case. I also twisted off several bolts in the disassembly process. It did not have shutters on it but had holes in the caste iron sides that went clear through (4 I think, 2 on each side). I knew where some F-20's were that were ditched and so I went on a parts hunt. I found that these radiators were like mine and had these holes in the caste iron sides. These radiators were on 37's and 38's and mine is a 36. The better radiator had shutters that was bolted on the front of the radiator and had bolts that went clear through the caste iron sides and had nuts on the other end. I thought, why not put the radiator and shutters both on my tractor. The only difference that I could see was that the newer radiators had a little nub sticking up about an 1/8 of an inch on the top. Other than that it looked identicle. I put it on my 36 and it fit real nice except the hood bolt holes were not perfectly matched up and it was a bear cat trying to get the hood bolts in. My tractor didn't have a heat guage but the one that originally had the radiator with shutters did, but I didn't add the guage to mine. The shutters looked original and didn't look tampered with. They even don't go clear to the bottom of radiator becuase the turning brake actuator on the steering column don't allow the room to go clear to the bottom. They stop about 2 or 3 inches from bottom. The parts tractor just had the shutters and no actuater, so no actuater on mine either. Do you think my shutters are original F-20 shutters and for a 36 as well as newer models? Is this little nub on top a marker for maybe a different caste iron radiator top casting explanning the hole mis match up with hood? This little nub has absolutely no purpose that I can see but I have noticed that earlier models are missing the nub. I don't remember if it is centered but I think it is off to the side. The original actuater for these shutters I believe was very simple and was confined to small area at top corner of radiator. I am not really clear on this though since I haven't seen one. Help me with some details if you can and thanks for your post and in advance for any future ones.

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