Posted by Bob on September 15, 2013 at 18:43:14 from (64.255.159.192):
In Reply to: 145 Versatile posted by KenL on September 15, 2013 at 15:33:00:
I"ve owned two, and still have one. Hydraulic system is dismal when engine is throttled down from 3100 RPM high idle. (Both steering and implement systems.) They will go 22 MPH, and when you pull the throttle back to slow for a corner, steering gets interesting.
The little V-8 Cummins 470 (or maybe a 504 has been retrofitted) is NOT the most durable engine Cummins has ever made and parts (sleeve assemblies, recon heads, etc.), are ASTRONOMICAL in price. Liner pitting/erosion will be a problem unless is has been kept up to date with DCA, and they are known to leak coolant past the sleeve "O" rings into the crankcase from time to time even WITH DCA.
If you are going to play with it and not pull it"s guts out, you will have fun with it, and it will probably hold up.
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