Posted by Dick2 on September 16, 2016 at 15:21:28 from (184.101.44.241):
In Reply to: Machine shop prices? posted by MikinInd on September 16, 2016 at 08:59:30:
Dad bought a brand new 1948 Model G in 1948; we would have been money ahead if we had scrapped it the day that we got it home. It had a bent connecting rod first. Then we discovered that the crankshaft had been machined wrong on both ends - couldn't hold the flywheel nor the clutch hub tight to the crankshaft. Had the crankshaft welded up and new splines machined on each end.
Because of scoring in one cylinder from the bent connecting rod, we had to have the block bored out. A couple months after that a sandhole blew out in the bad cylinder and flooded the cylinder with coolant. Pulled the block and had the sand hole plugged by a special machine shop process.
We spent way more on repairs than the purchase price. As the saying goes: "Nobody ever told me that I'd have to buy that machine twice -- the second time across the parts counter".
How much do you really want to restore that tractor? That much, eh? Wow!
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