Posted by fixerupper on September 02, 2014 at 13:55:20 from (100.42.82.100):
Ever since I got on this site I've read about using black pepper to seal a coolant leak in a tractor, but I've never tried it. I always took the radiator off and had it fixed first. We have a B Farmall that developed a leaky radiator this summer. We have a belly mower on it and have been adding water all summer just to nurse it through till it can be fixed this winter. My son got tired of the water mist in his face while mowing so yesterday he swiped his wife's black pepper, poured it in the rad and started mowing. At first he thought it was the wrong thing to do because the water mist turned into a PEPPERY water mist. After a little run time the rad sealed up and he kept mowing happily along. I didn't ask him if he had red eyes. LOL. This B does not have a water pump but it must have circulated enough to do the job. Anyway, it made a believer out of me! This winter it gets a new rad. The old one was rodded out and patched up last fall but evidently it's on it's last legs. It only lasted 58 years. I'll be very surprised if a new one will last that long. Jim.
Whoah, wrong math, 68 years.
This post was edited by fixerupper at 04:44:07 09/03/14 2 times.
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