It depends. On my field tractors I put money into them to keep them in top shape. If it has a seal that leaks, it gets fixed. If it uses enough oil that I have to add too often it gets rebuilt. Those are the machines I rely on to make money. They are in the same shape they were new (with the exception of paint and interior). I've spent a thousand dollars fixing the air conditioner on a tractor from 1969. That's my office and I have to live in there for hours a year.
I have some that don't get many hours. I have a Farmall A that gets about 20 hours a year - running augers and such. It has a ton of blow by and leaves a little blue fog. It won't get rebuilt. I won't use it enough in my lifetime for it to get bad enough and I wouldn't find it feasable. I have considered doing a complete restore just as a hobby, but then I find that I have other stuff waiting in line. I still have two cars I had in high school that need to be restored. Those are staring at me from the back corner of the shed. They will get done some day and I will be upside down on them. That's the way it is.
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