murphy1244
Epic Contributor
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2011
- Messages
- 20,039
- Location
- Ohio
- Tractor
- Kubota 1120 RTV Kioti DK-40, MF-135, Ventrac 4500Y
To the novice eye. some tractors look to be in excellent shape. Then you later find oil dripping steadily from the the cottor key on the bottom. The PTO seal has heavy greasy around it, indicating a leak. The tranny oil is brown. Half the gauges don't work of those original ones that run off a transformer and glow in the dark and three out of five don't light up. Another problem I see is one man's definition of "restored" differs from Websters definition. These old tractor are work horses but problems can be easily concealed to the untrained eye. It's best to ask questions in a forum like this to sharpen the eye while shopping.
Although the Perkins diesel is the engine of choice, it also is the most expensive to work on when one is neglected. Diesel fuel still remains to be considerable higher in cost. That's a mystery. The old Continental's are easy to work on and parts still plentiful. I would not turn away a well maintained Z145.
BTW the spin out rims where an option on every tractor whether Deluxe or not.
My :2cents:
But they require the least work