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Originally Posted by Dirty Steve

I bought a replacement t-stat from Kubota when I redid the tractor. Had alot of grass clippings that kept plugging the pre screen today.

Water level is unchanged and no issue like milky engine oil. No.smoke what so ever from exhaust. Hope head gasket OK.

Your head gasket is fine. There would be many more symptoms if it was bad. 210 is not really "overheating" Is that as hot as it got?

I asked about T-stat temp because you can change thermostats in temp increments. The temp stamped on the T-stat is the temp it opens at. For instance if you have a 190 degree T-stat the coolant in the engine should reach 190 in theory and open allowing cooled water from radiator to now flow to engine and hot water to flow to radiator to be cooled. I am sure a lot of the issue is the radiator air not flowing enough due to grass clippings but I would wonder how the grass clippings got there? You deck discharges from the side right? In any event. You could change the T-stat to open sooner or later depending on the issue your having. You did mention you put a new T-stat in.. Some T-stats can mistakenly be installed backwards. Not saying you did this but it would be worth checking if your not certain its in the correct way.

Edit. I realize the radiator is directly over the front of the deck so grass blowing up could happen. If there is a gap below it I think I would put some sheet metal there to block it as much as I could.