Am I nuts?
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Topic: Am I nuts?
Posted By: Reed(UT)
Subject: Am I nuts?
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2012 at 11:21pm
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Well, Tomorrow i am going to pick up a 190 with a knock in the engine. The fellow said the rest of the tractor is in pretty good shape, but does jump out of 4th gear. I figure I can put it in the shop and just tear in to it, beings I have just finished putting a new power director in the 190XT I already have! So, what do you figure an overhaul will cost, and what should i expect to do to fix the transmission? Who is your favorite parts supplier for this stuff? Am i nuts?? what would you have paid for it? I will post some pics tomorrow when i get home Reed whew!! that's a lot of questions!
------------- 2 WD45s, 190XT III, 72 AllCrop, Bunch of snap-coupler stuff. Looking for a B and CA |
Replies:
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2012 at 11:29pm
| Hey I'm nuts too. I will retire in three years and I plan on doing exactly what you are doing. I'd like to find a 180/190/190XT that is in fair shape and do the fix-up myself. The fix might cost more than the value of the tractor. So? There are very few hobbies that are free. This will be my hobby and I don't expect it to be free. |
Posted By: Don (Utah)
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 12:04am
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Good luck Reed |
Posted By: realolman
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 5:29am
Yeah ... you're nuts. We're all nuts. have fun... good luck ...post pictures ...the rest of us nuts wanna see it |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 5:35am
| Good plan, then you will know what you have internally and work your way out. Hopefully seller sold with price point reflecting funds needed on your part to restore the machine. It is also very helpful in understanding how the tractor was built from factory, you will know it inside and out, good luck. |
Posted By: John WV
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 9:52am
| hey I'm nuts to, last year I brough a 160 with and blown head gasket and hyd system not working. 2 months later she as good as almost new |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 11:00am
| I bought a 7080 knowing it had a hole in the block. Sofar she runs just fine, but someday she will let me down. |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 7:56pm
| BTW Reed what did it take to fix that PD in your XT? Guess I missed that? |
Posted By: Ages Cat
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 10:38pm
| We are all nuts for spending the money on this equipment however the satisfaction is worth it. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 9:34am
| If that makes you nuts, they would have committed me to the funny farm a loooooooong time ago! Darrel |
Posted By: Reed(UT)
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 11:43am
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I made it home.... empty handed. I guess that still makes me nuts, drove 200 miles for nothing!! The fellow had other guys that wanted it, and after looking at it closer, it was a bigger project than I want right now, so I let it pass. Cap -- I ended up splitting the XT and re-building the power director. I got a set of disks from Tribco. ------------- 2 WD45s, 190XT III, 72 AllCrop, Bunch of snap-coupler stuff. Looking for a B and CA |
Posted By: realolman
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 2:45pm
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Well maybe that indicates you are not nuts after all. I don't think you can be here any more |
Posted By: TMiller/NC
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 4:23pm
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I figure my buying old AC's is wise investment. Bought a B for $700, invest about twice that much, figure after I replace one more rear tire I can always sell it and recover my original $700 not a bad investment... Tim |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 6:56pm
| Hell I just bought a Allis 7G crawler, plan to retire in four years and won't even be done cleaning it up until then!! It needs about everything but I bought it as a retirement project machine just to say I did rebuild it and could get a little more life/work from it. |