Posted by farmallhal on January 08, 2010 at 11:30:29 from (71.1.111.67):
In Reply to: Break in oil change posted by deano4863 on January 07, 2010 at 16:43:00:
I don't know much about never changing oil but my father was in that category. In the late 1960's he purchased a very nice 1966 Massey Fergerson 165 gas tractor from an estate with around 500 engine hours as I recall. Since I retired in 2002 and moved back to the farm it was lacking any significant power and couldn't handle the loads it did earlier along with a hydraulic system that wouldn't work. It also ran on or in the red zone on the temp guage and you could only use it for a few hours when doing some trimming pastures with a bush hog and working it a little to let it cool down. It had a little over 2000 engine hours at the time. A couple of winters ago I had it rebuilt with a complete overhaul. It now is a powerhouse with coolant temps at or below the lower limit. Everything works again like it should. The close to $3500 to "make it work again" would have bought a lot of oil and fluids. It could have never had an oil change, coolant or hydraulic fluid replacement from the time dad bought it. Dad just always did the add thing and was a fix it when it broke guy. I guess the only good thing about not changing fluids the drain plug won't get stripped out, Hal.
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