Re: Radiator Removal 1957 IH 450

Posted by Been there, done that... on June 18, 2000 at 22:07:17 from (207.177.47.165):

In Reply to: Radiator Removal 1957 IH 450 posted by Kenneth Harris on June 18, 2000 at 17:21:40:

Ken- You got the steering shaft removed from the hole thru the top radiator tank, right? Dale's post is right on.

The bottom casting should have a hole where you can use a deep well socket to remove a hold down bolt on each side. Also, 'ya gotta unscrew the radiator drain pipe, hard tellig what it is, just ahead of where the lower radiator hose connects.

Recommend cut away the lower part of the fan shroud, then cut it in half vertically. Then make up a screw plate to fasten the two parts together at the top. Replace all the belts and hoses now!

Use one of the old hoses, cut and laid double, as cushions under the radiator when you put it back together.

After that, pray a while, that the radiator shop got it right the first time.

Then, resolve to join my time machine killer team, so's we can go back and eradicate the morons that designed some of this IH madness, and maybe more people will show up here as former 8N owners!

I've had both and got a 450 now. I'm puking my guts out sick and tired of the IH design stupidity and wishing I was back in the saddle on my 8N "Red Belly", or my "Super F-20"! So much for another mistake in my life!

Hang in there... Whilst waiting for a time machine and a few people that understand what I say about using it, the good news is that with lots of money and lots of work and you'll have an a.. kicker tractor running, maybe.

A little tip- Throw away the stock muffler. It'll at least seem to run stronger with a 4' stick of corregated downspout pipe, simply set over the short steel pipe nipple coming outta the exhaust manifold. It will put a "voice of authority" over all the turbocharged diesel junk in your neighborhood. It'll relieve some stress on an old and fragile chunk of cast iron, with that big muffler not stressing the manifold.

You'll also have a legit reason for hearing loss when your wife nags at you.

Kenny, don't screw around with amateurs and bozos on your raditor job. Spend the bucks on a top notch job by an old time radiator repair person. Make sure you clean out all the grunge in the mounting area and put some kinda rubber cushions under it when you put it back. Chase the threads in the bottom of the radiator and make sure the cushion springs and odd ball washers are used on the mounting studs.

Do all the hoses and belts new now. Then, fifty years from now somebody else will have the opportunity to do it again.

Good luck, IHank

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