Re: Repair or Sell?

Posted by TimS in Mo on July 18, 2007 at 08:39:42 from (170.40.160.26):

In Reply to: Re: Repair or Sell? posted by KEH on July 17, 2007 at 17:23:22:

I just went back and reread the last couple posts from Katharine and her husband...sounds like the tractor has a minor oil leak at the head gasket and maybe some excessive blowby...3pt, pto, steering, brakes all work good.

So...more than likely needs a valve job on the head, a head gasket, and some rings.

If the tractor is running fine and just using more oil than you like currently, just keep using it and keep the oil topped off, if the previous owner was bad about maintenance, who knows, a stuck ring or two might free up with some use and some oil changes....pull the head and oil pan this fall when you don't need it for mowing, check the pistons and cylinder walls, get the head redone as needed, put some new rings on and your done.

I really don't think this tractor needs that much work to be a good usable machine. If the engine was losing oil, and the pto was busted, and the 3pt didn't work, and the power steering didn't work, and the brakes didn't work, that would be a lot of work to correct...but all you really have is an engine using a bit more oil than you like.

Replies:

• Re: Repair or Sell? Katharine 09:51:10 07/18/07 (1)
  • Re: Repair or Sell? RodInNS 14:40:14 07/18/07 (0)
• Re: Repair or Sell? TimS in Mo 08:42:48 07/18/07 (0)

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