the_workmaster
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Hey everybody, my name's Alex, I'm a welder, blacksmith, and pumpkin grower living in eastern Connecticut.
I've got an opportunity to trade a few days of work to a neighbor for a 1959 641-D workmaster tractor, with a square frame loader and a shot engine.
I'm looking for advice on how much it's worth, especially relating to my hope of rebuilding the engine. My neighbor mostly just wants to get rid of it, but I hope to give him a friendly offer on it, translated into work hours.
It was running and working until one year ago, when it was run out of oil due to leaks (and some degree of carelessness of course, but I'm not here to judge). It was shut down about 60 seconds after it started "making noise". I don't know if it was a screeching or knocking or what. The tach reads about 2600 hours. The rear tires and front wheels are alright, the front tires and rear wheels are shot rotten. The fenders are pretty good, just a few drilled holes and light bends. The hood has cracks at many corners and creases, but only small ones, and it's fairly straight and not very rusty. Gauges are cracked, some dead, emblem is cracked up, some broken studs and bolts are present all around, lights and seat etc etc are a bit bent, things are worn, a bit lopsided, but enough of it was functional that it was recently in regular use. The loader and bucket look alright. There's no obvious rot, but I can't tell how loose the bushings and pins are, or how much things creep.
I haven't been able to find a large rebuild kit for the diesel online, but there do seem to be lots of different components available. Obviously the question is what exactly got damaged or destroyed when it was oil starved, but I won't be able to take it apart until after I make my offer.
Is there enough parts availability for me to bring this tractor back to life? What should I offer my neighbor for it?
Thankyou for any input! Alex
I've got an opportunity to trade a few days of work to a neighbor for a 1959 641-D workmaster tractor, with a square frame loader and a shot engine.
I'm looking for advice on how much it's worth, especially relating to my hope of rebuilding the engine. My neighbor mostly just wants to get rid of it, but I hope to give him a friendly offer on it, translated into work hours.
It was running and working until one year ago, when it was run out of oil due to leaks (and some degree of carelessness of course, but I'm not here to judge). It was shut down about 60 seconds after it started "making noise". I don't know if it was a screeching or knocking or what. The tach reads about 2600 hours. The rear tires and front wheels are alright, the front tires and rear wheels are shot rotten. The fenders are pretty good, just a few drilled holes and light bends. The hood has cracks at many corners and creases, but only small ones, and it's fairly straight and not very rusty. Gauges are cracked, some dead, emblem is cracked up, some broken studs and bolts are present all around, lights and seat etc etc are a bit bent, things are worn, a bit lopsided, but enough of it was functional that it was recently in regular use. The loader and bucket look alright. There's no obvious rot, but I can't tell how loose the bushings and pins are, or how much things creep.
I haven't been able to find a large rebuild kit for the diesel online, but there do seem to be lots of different components available. Obviously the question is what exactly got damaged or destroyed when it was oil starved, but I won't be able to take it apart until after I make my offer.
Is there enough parts availability for me to bring this tractor back to life? What should I offer my neighbor for it?
Thankyou for any input! Alex