Posted by mattofvinings on July 03, 2009 at 06:06:44 from (67.142.161.33):
Just picked up this little gem.
One of the rod bearings has spun, the previous owner had used it up to last spring and knew it had low oil pressure and just ran it anyway.
I had shopped a similar 300U-hoe locally except this had sat for ~5 years and the large ~6 foot long cylinder inside the main hoe-boom tube was bent like a banana (and possibly the boom tube was twisted?) Couldn't really tell due to woody trees growing up/thru/around that tractor. Kicker was the owner wanted nearly double the price I paid for the one above and wouldn't budge.
I figured the 340 was newer, the rod chroming looks perfect (instead of starting to flake) and the engine repair would be more straightforward. Should be interesting splitting this tractor!
I had an interesting trip, my ignition coil on the truck died after 205,000 miles (apparently original as it was still riveted into the mounting bracket), and then the water pump started leaking out the weep hole...had to stop every 100 miles and cool & refill the radiator with ~1 gallon. But limped it back home and will replace the pump today and get the hoe off the trailer. I used a lever chain hoist to lower the boom as I was worried about the ~13 foot overall height!
This post was edited by mattofvinings at 06:08:46 07/03/09.
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