8550 thermostat

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   Never a good time for a breakdown,  but Saturday afternoon on a holiday weekend has to be the worst. Pretty sure that the thermostat stuck on my 8550, temp guage heads for hot very fast, coolant tube on the side of the engine definitely feels hot, but upper radiator hose and radiator isn't hot. Got it shut down, don't think that I hurt the engine any.  But,  butler was already closed,  sure they won't be open until Tuesday morning. Looks like rain tomorrow, so the hundred acres I could have had in yet today would have been awesome. Any other options out there for a thermostat that matches up from something else? Anyone have one sitting on the shelf? Aggravated!!
Darrel 

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darrel in ND Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Hebron, ND Points: 8579	Post Options Post Reply Quote darrel in ND Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 8550 thermostat Posted: 27 May 2023 at 7:21pm
	Never a good time for a breakdown, but Saturday afternoon on a holiday weekend has to be the worst. Pretty sure that the thermostat stuck on my 8550, temp guage heads for hot very fast, coolant tube on the side of the engine definitely feels hot, but upper radiator hose and radiator isn't hot. Got it shut down, don't think that I hurt the engine any. But, butler was already closed, sure they won't be open until Tuesday morning. Looks like rain tomorrow, so the hundred acres I could have had in yet today would have been awesome. Any other options out there for a thermostat that matches up from something else? Anyone have one sitting on the shelf? Aggravated!! Darrel

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DrAllis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 19477	Post Options Post Reply Quote DrAllis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2023 at 7:55pm
	Gut the bad one, leaving something in there to keep the flow at a reasonable speed. If an openly gutted stat gives you the same result.....it ain't the stat.

55allis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 30 Jun 2020 Location: Southwest IA Points: 542	Post Options Post Reply Quote 55allis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2023 at 11:20pm
	I agree with Dr. . don’t run too long without a thermostat because it shouldn’t warm up anymore than 130 degrees running pushing the tractor hard…
	1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45

darrel in ND Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Hebron, ND Points: 8579	Post Options Post Reply Quote darrel in ND Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 May 2023 at 8:22am
	Well, with this being my first experience with thermostats in the big boys, it wasn't what I was expecting at all. I guess that for those familiar with how they work, the seal that the thermostat tube slides back and forth in was never seated in squarely. The thermostat tube had gouge marks on one side of it from scraping on the metal of the seal rather than the rubber. The wear pattern on the tube was even much closer to the end of the tube on one side than the other. I put the thermostat in a pot of water and brought it to a boil, and it worked exactly as it should. Knowing that I would not be able to score a new thermostat and seal for it for God knows how long, we just drove the seal down the rest of the way on the side that wasn't down properly, shined up that tube on the thermostat, and put her together in hopes of seeding today. Then we got an inch of rain last night anyway, can't seed today. Oh well, hopefully it will work properly for the rest of seeding, and I'll replace the thermostat and seal in the off season. Not a bad gig to do. Darrel