Posted by wyod on December 25, 2007 at 16:41:27 from (209.181.15.17):
In Reply to: whats your opinion posted by n8terry on December 25, 2007 at 16:12:48:
Few years back, I looked at an 8N that had been completely gone through... started and ran perfectly... nice paint, etc. Guy's asking price seemed reasonable to me at the time (although I don't recall the exact amount)... considering the tractor should run for the rest of my lifetime. Anyways, that tractor sold before I could get the cash... guy told me not to worry, he had another one that would be in as good or better condition and would be ready soon. I passed this guy's place twice a day and kept a pretty good eye on what he had going... sure enough, after a couple weeks, another Ford tractor appeared. Over a couple days, I saw what he was up to. The "complete overhaul" on this one consisted of changing the oil (he left the old oil in a bucket under the tractor over a week-end... don't remember ever seeing blacker, more foul oil drained from something that was still running)... and shooting a coat of paint over what ever grime was on the tractor. When it looked as if he was done, I stopped in and talked to him about it. He told me it too, had been completely gone through and was a great machine! He wanted more for this one than the first one that really had been completely rebuilt. I confronted him on the "penzoil rebuild"... he got ticked and told me I could take it or leave it... so I did... got in my truck and found my first Farmall down the road a ways. Guess I would agree that putting a ton of money into an engine that doesn't need it doesn't make much sense, but it really angers me to think that someone would do a tune-up, change the oil, paint over dirt, grease and grime and call it a complete resto AND have the nerve to ask high dollars for it. Guess it's buyer beware??? JMO, D
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