Posted by JD Seller on February 13, 2013 at 08:56:47 from (208.126.196.144):
After seeing Ralph's post below It made me think of a funny thing going on here. Back in the fall I did a Clutch job on a neighbors JD 4640. Their's broke down right in the middle of silage season. I got it done in a long day.
Another neighbor has a JD 4440 that the clutch is slipping on. He talked to the other neighbor. He then came to me for an estimate for doing his tractor. He wanted me to match the labor price this guy in town is working for. I told him I really did not want to do the job but if I did it would be the normal charge I change everyone else. HE got all mouthy and told me he was going to take it to town.
So he took it to the guy in Nov. It is still setting in the guy's shop in two pieces. The owner has had to rent a tractor to put on his TMR wagon once it got cold. So I guess he is really "saving" money. LOL
My one son is kind of a friend with the fellow that is quoting the cheap labor prices. HE told him he had never done one of the JD wet clutches. He does not know how to set the pressure plate up with the new parts in it. Plus he did not remove the flywheel to have it resurfaced. HE says it "looks" good. Not measured flat but "looks" good. LOL.
The JD 4440 owner came to me a while back and wants me to go in and just set the pressure plate for the other guy so he can finish the work. NO WAY NO HOW am I going to get involved with this mess. I know if I set it and they put it together like it is it will be out in less than a year. Then the JD 4440 owner will run around telling everyone how "MY" work is no good. They made their bed so they can sleep in it together as far as I am concerned.
So I guess you still get what you pay for most times.
PS. The fellow that is doing the cheap labor has four or five tractors setting there right now. All of them have been there for over a month. HE actually is a pretty good car/truck mechanic but he could not keep busy just doing them. So he runs in any auto work first and lets the tractors set.
HE just did an "overhaul" on local guy's JD 4020. The guy is running all over bragging about how he got his tractor overhauled for $500 labor. Here is what he got done. They removed the cylinder head and oil pan. They put in new after market sleeves and pistons. No new bearings as the old ones "LOOKED" good and no head work. He just put the head back on as-is. What a "quality" job. LMAO As soon as that guy works that JD 4020 much it is going to suck oil around the old valve guides like a sieve. The tractor had over 8000 hours on it and was no cream puff either. Going to be fun seeing how much the guy brags then.
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