I tried to send up a reply yesterday, but we had some horrendous powerful storms here in MO last night, and it knocked our satellite out of whack. Hopefully it'll stay in long enough for me to send this up.
Thanks for the replies, particularly Kopeck and Brian. What I didn't fully articulate was that I wasn't so concerned with whether the CC was better than the Murray; that much has already been shown through the years.
What I really wanted to know, was 'is $800 too much for a CC IN THAT CONDITION,' and 'is a CC IN THAT CONDITION (smoking, leaking oil inside and out, shaking) still better than a Murray that, apart from the recent mower damage and a slipping rear end, is working just fine?' Thank you for verifying my gut feeling that he's asking too much.
I did not note hydro ports at the front of the engine, but I may be able to get back to it in the next day or two. I did not see any sort of PTO output front or rear, electric or otherwise. In the front, all I can see is oil-soaked belts on pulleys; in the back, there's the cover plate over the rear axle with the fill/check port (the set screw with the 3/8" square drive hole in it).
It's a bit dinged up, but not nearly as rusty as some I've seen. He says he has the engine side shields for it "somewhere", but to tell the truth, I don't care; I don't need a concourse winner, I need a worker. There's a pedal or something missing from whatever the lever is on the right side by your foot.
The owner says it runs, with the requisite shaking and smoking and dripping, but he just puts a quart in every so often and keeps his eye on it. He also says it has new blades under the deck, but I haven't looked to verify it. He says he mowed with it recently, but needed the coil for another tractor (his 105), since he can mow with that one without having his teeth fall out.
Would it be insulting to offer the guy $3-400 for it? This is, of course, in the consideration that I'd need to fix the engine mounts and rebuild the engine in the not-too-distant future. The smoking sounds like just bad rings and potentially valves (I'd do em at the same time just because) and new seals where the engine leaks. What else? What's a good price to go up to if he doesn't come down so far?
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