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DrewAbt
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I have an excellent 1965 D7E military SN#75E3. I bought it last year and put about 50 hours on it for a project of mine and it worked great. I decided to take apart the radiator relief valve to check it out an it has never been apart and was all plugged up and rusted. I cleaned it up and put it back together and now all it does is puke out coolant in spurts all day.
My question is does anybody have a part number for a new one and what is an acceptable coolant level in the radiator. If I run it all day it will be low on coolant by several gallon. Just before the winter freeze a month ago I topped it off with more coolant and it was a whopping 5 gallons low! Is that normal for that much expansion?
I have checked for bubbles many times in the radiator cap and have never seen any.
Also what is the total coolant capacity for this unit. I want to do a good flush in the system.
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Drew
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 4:34 AM
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valve is 5S1218. Coolant level should be up to the plate inside tank just inside the little round hole in plate.
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 4:54 AM
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Reply to Rome K/G:
valve is 5S1218. Coolant level should be up to the plate inside tank just inside the little round hole in plate.

Is that when it cold?
Mine will not be visible in the radiator with the cap off when it’s cold. It will have puked that much out. It will be up to the top when the cap is off and then engine running warm though. And again I have never seen any bubbles.
I’m guessing that the pressure relief valve is not holding back any pressure and it just keeps letting it out.
It usually spits it out when I let off the decel pedal after a shift.
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 5:28 AM
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Is that when it cold?
Mine will not be visible in the radiator with the cap off when it’s cold. It will have puked that much out. It will be up to the top when the cap is off and then engine running warm though. And again I have never seen any bubbles.
I’m guessing that the pressure relief valve is not holding back any pressure and it just keeps letting it out.
It usually spits it out when I let off the decel pedal after a shift.
Yes when cold. Check the weep hole under the water pump and make sure its clean. Does it over heat? Check thermostats.
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 6:29 AM
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Yes when cold. Check the weep hole under the water pump and make sure its clean. Does it over heat? Check thermostats.


It does not overheat.
What does the weep hole do?
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 6:33 AM
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It does not overheat.
What does the weep hole do?
If the seal goes bad on the pump it weeps coolant out that hole instead of going in the crankcase.Get an Operation and Maintenance manual for it, 48A would be about the same. There is a drain plug on the transmission oil cooler and on the left side of the block above the starter or above starting engine block and transmission.
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 7:21 AM
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If the seal goes bad on the pump it weeps coolant out that hole instead of going in the crankcase.Get an Operation and Maintenance manual for it, 48A would be about the same. There is a drain plug on the transmission oil cooler and on the left side of the block above the starter or above starting engine block and transmission.
Get a new pressure regulator first. That is the easiest of the fixes. It never lost coolant before the leak started at the regulator.
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 7:30 AM
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Get a new pressure regulator first. That is the easiest of the fixes. It never lost coolant before the leak started at the regulator.
The capacity for the low horse D7E 47A(Direct Drive) is 22 gallons. That should get you close, hopefully someone will respond with the correct figure for your low horse 160hp 75E3(48A6393 - 48A6882).
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Sat, Dec 29, 2018 2:01 AM
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The capacity for the low horse D7E 47A(Direct Drive) is 22 gallons. That should get you close, hopefully someone will respond with the correct figure for your low horse 160hp 75E3(48A6393 - 48A6882).
Craig
Specs for 47A. I think 48A coolant is 28 gallon.
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Sat, Dec 29, 2018 8:35 AM
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Specs for 47A. I think 48A coolant is 28 gallon.
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Hi DrewAbt, It looks like you definitely need the specs for D7E 48A6393 - 48A6882 because of changes in early versions.

Hi Rome K/G, I got my 22 gallon spec from my Operation and Maintenance Instructions for D7E 47A1 - UP. I attached it first along with yours. Apparently there were a bunch of changes in the early tractors. Going by the serial numbers on my page the smaller capacity is good to at least 47A3678.
[attachment=51976]47A1 - UP.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=51977]Rome KG D7E 47A Specs.jpg[/attachment]
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Sun, Dec 30, 2018 12:45 AM
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Hi DrewAbt, It looks like you definitely need the specs for D7E 48A6393 - 48A6882 because of changes in early versions.

Hi Rome K/G, I got my 22 gallon spec from my Operation and Maintenance Instructions for D7E 47A1 - UP. I attached it first along with yours. Apparently there were a bunch of changes in the early tractors. Going by the serial numbers on my page the smaller capacity is good to at least 47A3678.
[attachment=51976]47A1 - UP.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=51977]Rome KG D7E 47A Specs.jpg[/attachment]
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The 47a would not have the large oil cooler below the pony motor only power shift models have so go with 28 gallons.... maybe add a catch tank to relief valve tubing and reuse coolant.. do not let that engine get low on coolant they are notorious for cracking between pre cups and valve seats on the heads
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