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To the relief of the seller in the brave new world we suddenly find ourselves in I am going ahead with our original deal to purchase this H80. I need to do some grinding out, cutting new metal reinforcements and welding on bottom of the bucket and replace the leading edge, fix some vacuum leaks, clean it off and get it painted and replace all the wiring because it is in the crumbly stage of life and because the fuel and temperate meters are inoperative and half of the lights don稚 work but I can have fun fixing this easy stuff. The tires are pretty poor but the thing is located in north-central Minnesota where my pickings are slim and bringing in a better machine would cost me transport and tax on the sale.
The DT466 engine started within 1/4 second of cranking after sitting for two years. The pins and center pin all appear right. Rubber gaskets on the pins on the loader boon have rotted out and need to be replace to retain grease.
Hopefully this will not turn onto a money pit, but no matter what, it will make for good YouTube fodder and I知 only into for 22 cents a pound.
Thank you very much for all the responses. I知 certain I値l have more questions to come when I bring not home.