BX cab heat

Kurtee

Active member

Equipment
BX2660, BX2680 cab, JD 2032R, Honda 5518, JD X590, JD X739
Oct 3, 2013
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Nicollet, mn
I have a 2019 BX2680 with the dealer installed Curtis cab. I use it for snow removal and some tilling. This winter season the heat developed a coolant leak in the cab. In the process of trying to find the leak I decided to remove the inner heater shroud. This is located below the windshield. I searched to find how to remove this on the internet and called the dealer and Curtiss cab. No such luck on how to get apart. Had to figure it out. Access to the heater cores (there are 2 of them) and the plumbing to go with them removal of the inner plastic cover is necessary. This is accomplished by removing the fan grills with 4 screws each, 4 screws below the windshield inside the cab and 4 screw below the windshield on the outside of the cab. Once these fasteners are removed and the control knob is removed the cover comes off easily. As it turns out the hose clamps on the heater hoses needed some retightening. Only 12 hose clamps in this area. Curtiss used hose clamps that I needed to get a metric socket to tighten. Different than any I have run across before. It did sound as though this was a common issue with this cab in talking to the service man at the dealer.

KURTEE
 

GreensvilleJay

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Equipment
BX23-S,57 A-C D-14,
Apr 2, 2019
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Greensville,Ontario,Canada
gee that sounded like a 'fun' project......
If there's room, I'd use a 2nd hoseclamp, mounted 180* opposite from the first. I did this with eh above ground swimming pool 20 years ago and for 20 years never,ever had a joint leak.