About to buy a 1978 B7100

[General Lee]

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[DmansPadge]

Ugh, Its been in the garage the last several hours and I've been looking at it more closely. I got two small trans fluid leaks. One towards the front, one at the year. Hard to tell where its leaking from until I can clean the tractor up a bit. Its hard to expect a 32 year old tractor thats never been refurbished to be perfect.
I'm still trying to get a few more pics up. Based on the pics, what you guys think is a reasonbale price to pay? Wondering if I paid to much.

I like it! It's a good looking little tractor. I'm not sure what they go for but I would probably think somewhere in the $2500-3000 range.

 

[bullbreaker]

I like it! It's a good looking little tractor. I'm not sure what they go for but I would probably think somewhere in the $2500-3000 range.

Heres a whole heap of them for sale around good old U.S.A !

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[Thomas]

"reasonbale price to pay?"

Tough question..does front end feel tight,any odd noises from tranny,jack up rear spin tire than stop for loosen/slop.

Check Tractor Warehouse under 40hp for price idea.

 

[Elvis]

Looks like it has new rear tires and a new seat.. I have a 77 - 78 B7100 with original tires all the way around, original seat, no leaks of any kind.. Yours does have the original fittings on the rear that the tire rims bolt to and then slides onto the axel.. I decided to replace mine because of poor design they can get loose and the back tires are a little flimsy and it will cause wear on the axle.. I changed those out, and those back wheels now are SUPER tight..

I love my B7100.. We have pictures of me sitting on it when i was 2 and i LOVED that little horn (luckily i counldnt reach the clutch).. Its a GREAT tractor, and i hope to pass it down to my kids like my dad (eventually) will do to me..

 

[jcims]

Is it really as clean as it looks in these pictures? I can't tell if it's the matte paint or the new tires, but the thing looks it was bottled away in 1983.

 

[brain55]

Ugh, Its been in the garage the last several hours and I've been looking at it more closely. I got two small trans fluid leaks. One towards the front, one at the year. Hard to tell where its leaking from until I can clean the tractor up a bit. Its hard to expect a 32 year old tractor thats never been refurbished to be perfect.
I'm still trying to get a few more pics up. Based on the pics, what you guys think is a reasonbale price to pay? Wondering if I paid to much.

I would image anything around $2000 would be good since it doesn't have a loader. I just got given an '83 7100HSD with a 1630 loader that I put a little over $2000 into that I'm probably going to list for $5000. I had to replace all of the rubber, tires, hydraulic hoses, radiator hoses etc, along with the front bevel case seals and bearings, not to mention I decided to tear it all apart and paint it too.

Brian

 

[General Lee]

Looks like it has new rear tires and a new seat.. I have a 77 - 78 B7100 with original tires all the way around, original seat, no leaks of any kind.. Yours does have the original fittings on the rear that the tire rims bolt to and then slides onto the axel.. I decided to replace mine because of poor design they can get loose and the back tires are a little flimsy and it will cause wear on the axle.. I changed those out, and those back wheels now are SUPER tight..

Yep, I got the slide on rims. They have some slop and I can't get them any tighter. What it cost you to replace them, and what did you go with?

 

[General Lee]

Is it really as clean as it looks in these pictures? I can't tell if it's the matte paint or the new tires, but the thing looks it was bottled away in 1983.

Its fairly clean. I haven't cleaned it yet. The pics were taken about an hour after I got it home. Its got a rattle can paint paint job, at least on the hood as you can see over spray on the decals.

BTW, I paid $3000

 

[Ron D.]

I think you got a good deal. In the Dallas, Tx area I've seen them in fairly rough condition for what you paid for yours. Congrats on the purchase. I've had a couple of these in the past and they were bullet proof. Would love to have another now for the smaller tasks.