Recent content by RustyCannon

Back on the starting problem. Possible safety switch trouble. I had house guests last week, right after I discovered this problem, so didn't get to work on it right away. When I got the chance, I took your suggestion and clamped the positive jumper cable to the lug on the starter, bypassing...

Thanks. That will certainly be something I'll look at... as soon as I have some time to devote to it. I keep the tractor garaged, however, so I don't expect to find a lot of corrosion, especially in this dry Colorado climate. The battery terminals are themselves are very clean.

TYM HST353 cuts out and now won't start I have a 353HST also, about the same age as yours. I bought it used because there was a dealer nearby. They went out of business. That's the bad news. The dealer that is still in business is a hundred miles from me but they are very responsive by email...

Thanks. If I can save someone else the headaches, it will be worth it. Most people don't have as much time as I do.

Well, I think this whole episode is about resolved. First of all, I talked to my brother and his feeling on the double-hit on the glow plugs is probably OK. He felt that in the long run, it might shorten the life of the glow plugs, but if you're not starting the tractor like that daily or...

I'll do that and let you know. Not sure if they even use glow plugs in those big engines.

To catch up on the story of the return of the block heaters: Woody's, the retailer, after much polite back-and-forth via email, has now issued me Return Authorizations for both orders. I will return them as "defective". I will update the forum with the final outcome.

No, I didn't check with the dealer. Actually, my dealer has gone out of business. I did, however, check with a nearby dealer after failing with the block heaters. The parts guy there got on the web and started reading me postings from forums where people said to use a lower radiator hose...

Latest on the freeze plug heaters: The Sales Director at Phillips and Temro has been helpful. He said he will get their documentation changed. But he says that I need to return the heaters to Woody's, and Woody's has to return it their distributor and that distributor in turn has to return them...

I have to assume that most of these are sold for light duty use and people just don't break them? Dunno. I had to have some warranty work done on mine once. The instrument panel went out... actually just the fuel gauge. The dealer replaced it pronto.

Pretty simple really. My name is Cannon and I'm old and rusty (or crusty, if you prefer).

The ones that glue to oil pan are great and you don't have to drain all the coolant, etc. to install them. I actually have a magnetic one that I bought for an old Ford tractor that I had tried to use. But on this tractor, there is simply no flat place to put a glue-on or magnetic heater. With...

Just wanted to warn folks not to try a block heater in your TYM 353. I recently tried adding a block heater to my TYM 353HST. The engine in that tractor is a Mitsubishi 4 cylinder diesel model S4L2. I found that a company called Phillips and Temro makes one for that engine under the brand name...