Well, I just go back from a longgg day of driving to see the Yanmar YM2000. Driving 2 and a half hours in a straight pipe turbodiesel with non-working a/c in 100* weather will wear you out fast! However I think I am going to get it. It was very clean, he had got it serviced about 40 hours ago, it has a new starter, new alternator, and a new 1000CCA battery.
It idled good, ran well, the clutch felt good, it grabbed quickly at the bottom and not at the top, the high/low range worked, the PTO worked good, lift worked good, the thing would flat out haul when in 4th gear high range @ about 2000RPM.
Tach worked, hour meter worked, signal lights worked, horn didn't work
(now I can't honk at stuff in the field
oh well I'll put an air horn on it
), he had wired up the headlight switch so that he could turn on/off the pump to a sprayer he had in the back, but he left the headlight wiring connected so I could hook it up if I wanted to.
The light facing backwards worked, none of the warning lights were on, it seemed all in all to be a very good little tractor.
He was including a 4' bush hog which worked great (may need a new blade at some point, but for now its ok), and a scraper blade (the kind that attaches to the rear).
I didn't check to see if it had power steering or not, but it was easy to turn either way.
From what I read on here people that have the tractor like them a lot.
It didn't seem to burn any oil other than a quick puff of blue smoke when I revved it up the first time that only occurred that first time I revved it up, so I think the engine is in good shape.
Can you all prepare me a little for what I will need to do in terms of maintenance?
