A neighbor has a JD 650 for sell. Aesthetically it looks pretty good but it doesn't run and it's been through a flood.
I pulled the dipstick and water squirted out of the hole for a good 3-5 minutes. YIKES!!
Thx!
It's a parts tractor. The engine internals are shot. If the block and head have no cracks and are salvageable, you may get $500 for those in a sale.
The 650 is a nice machine, but that 2T80 engine is a total goner having that much water for that long of a time. This is worse than galvanic corrosion.
A full engine rebuild kit and labor would put you out around $3,000 at a minimum. Not at all worth it on a 2-cly diesel.
Parting out the 650 for the sheetmetal, frame, tires head and block would fetch a tad more than the $1,500, but you would have to stare at it for a year or two before it all goes.
If the attachments are in good shape and you can either use them or sell them each yourself, offer $850 for the whole lot and tractor. The worse is getting a no for an answer. Then response back with $850 again saying, reconsider in a week or two.
There are tractor salvage places around the country. Not sure what region you are in. WKY salvage is one of the bigger ones. Down in AL, you would get $1,000 for a non-running compact JD (aka Yanmar) machine.
