Buyer and Seller Feedback - Rick Olsen - Kirkwood, IL.

Called on and bought an IH 460D from him last month. When I called I asked specific questions and he answered them all. One of these questions was,"Is there any water in the oil?". What he told me was that there was NOT water in the oil but that the head gasket was blown out on #1 cylinder. He said that he had it running and that it seemed to run alright other than #1 leaking.
When I got it home, I pulled the head. What I found was a broken sleeve on #2 and most of the exhaust ports so full of carbon that I can't believe it would run at all, let alone well. When I pulled the pan plug, the water flowed like a river.
I called Mr. Olsen about this and eventually found out that he had never even checked the pan for water even though he told me it was fine. He said, "I didn't THINK it would have water in it."
I don't hold him responsible for the condition of the engine because a man can't know what he might find inside of an engine.(although there is little chance that it would have run well at all as he stated)
I am, however, very disappointed that he would tell me that the tractor had no water in the oil. Had I known, I would not have paid what I did for the tractor as I would have known there was more wrong with it than I was being told about.
VERY Disappointed,
-Tom

Also, since you bring it up, parting isn't as easy as you would like to make it out to be. You see, I also asked if there were any breaks, welds, or repairs. He, of course, told me no. The front bolster has torch track in the cast, the front clip was held on with wire, and the fast hitch was broken and/or welded in at least 3 or 4 places. Now... none of these things was detectable in his pictures so I didn't know about them until I got there. The only one I noticed at the time was the fast hitch but thought, I can live with that. I'll find parts." Further, when dealing on the tractor, I saw that it didn't have all the tin so I asked if he had the rest of it. He said,"Yeah, I do. I'll round it up." After the tractor was already loaded and he had my check, he tells me that he DOESN'T have the tin.
So, you see, the water in the oil was just the final straw. It, of all, was the most outright lie. Shoot - he's the one that told me he lied to me. I could have (and apparently should have) called the deal off with any of the other items but I had just driven two or three hundred miles and so I told myself that I could still make it work.
I'll tell you the same thing I told the other guy...
If you think it's such a smoking hot deal, come get it...and bring cash!
-Tom

Tom

Grow up and don't interject yourself and your infantile behavior into things that don't concern you.
-Tom