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Posted by UFO Man on September 02, 2004 at 18:48:40 from (66.118.32.102):
In Reply to: Newbie about to purchase first tractor posted by Mike G on September 01, 2004 at 20:07:26:
Mike, I paid $1750 for my B 414 and had to rebuild the injectors to get it to run right. But nothing else has been done to the tractor, except working working working. The ether thing gives me the willies, you may have to replace the glow plugs, ($18 a piece) including the switch, which you will never find, so use a starter switch ($6). These tractors are notoriously cold natured, so you will want to get it into a heated area or put some sort of a block heater on it in the winter. Even in warm weather, I have to put a 30 second warm up on the glow plugs to get her to fire right off. In the cold, sometimes we go a minute or so to fire. But absolutely (!) no ether. The next thing I did was put on 0 guage wires on the battery and starter. A good battery will roll the starter only as fast as the wires will transmit the power. I replaced the 2 guage wires and cut the starter engage time in half. The starter hits the engine hard and fast. Diesels just love that. The other things you mentioned are pretty easy to fix, so, it doesn't sound like too bad of a price. If it is anything like mine, you will find it to be a tough little brute, capable of doing pretty much whatever you want. Mine spins a 6 foot medium duty bush hog, pulls a 6 foot scraper blade, takes a 7 foot disk for a tug like it wasn't there. I've never tried to plow with it but I don't doubt that it will plow 2 or 3 bottoms without hesitation, depending on the dirt. Ugly, powerful for its' size, makes a beautiful sound powering along on the job. If you can't tell, I like mine. the UFO Man
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