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Steve: If you have even a minor mechanical aptitude and some pretty basic tools, that's a nice winter job for the do-it-yourself-er. That is an engine that a lot of pretty good shade-tree mechanics started on. Parts are large and easy to handle and it's a common model so replacements are widely available both new and used. Adjustments are simple, and you only have two cylinders so you won't 16 of anything if you pour it all into a box. At today's shop rates, and given that most techs are not current on something 55 years old, I'd say you could have $2,000 in it before you could blink. Then you have to figure that most of the labor you will pay will be to educate your mechanic up to a minimum grade of competence. You will be able to buy a running tractor in more than good condition for that shop bill, in my VERY humble opinion. BTW, I overhauled our '48 "A" in the summer between 7th and 8th grade, even poured my own babbit at the local blacksmiths shop, went through the carb and distributor ignition, repaired the charging system, and it went to use that fall on the plow. That engine is still in use today. Give it a shot. It's a very simple engine. Frank
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