Engine temp and shifting

[summit1966]

Hi all,

Just took my new to me L2850 for a good run today, runs well but I have a few concerns. Installed a temp gauge and the engine temps never got above 65 degrees Celsius when I was running it. Check the coolant temp with a portable infared thermometer on the coolant hose and it's showing the same temp as the gauge, could the thermostat be possibly my problem? Also some I gets really hard to shift to reverse gear, sometimes it shifts like butter, what could be the possible cause of this?

Cheers

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

You may not have any issue, it takes a lot of work for my L3450 to get up to temp and as soon as I back down it cools right down.
I would run it for a bit before you call it an issue.

As for as the shift goes, it could be 2 issues the clutch is worn or out of adjustment or it has worn syncros if equipped.

That tractor also came in 2 different versions of transmission, a Constant mesh and a Syncro mesh, and with single clutch or dual clutch.
If it is a constant mesh, then the only thing that might be happening is a dragging clutch disk causing it to stay in a bind.