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KanakaRick
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To be honest, after I talked with the local mechanic (he said if I didn't buy it and the neighbor placed it in on craigslist for the price mentioned, it would be gone in a day), and then I posted on this forum and at first everyone said it was a reasonable deal, I pulled the trigger. Then came in the negative responses on the forum, and I though- GREAT, now look what I did.... But it is what it is. The mechanic seems to think it is in great mechanical condition. I think you are right on the BH- I've used it and it seems to work fine with not a lot of leaks. I've driven the tractor for maybe 3 years in the winter (borrowing it from my neighbor to do our shared snow plowing on our driveway). It's always started right up and worked fine. Now that it is mine, I am finding a bunch of little stuff that needs to be replaced (combination switch, the old work flood lights don't shine bright enough for me to see how close to the gravel the blade is when plowing snow at night, the radio & speakers suck, antenna broken, headlight fuse blown etc), so I am just futzing around replacing stuff and getting a feel for it. I am impressed by the ease of accessibilty of getting to parts to replace them. I am hoping that I got a fair deal, but at this point, it is what it is so I am moving forward. I may have to get some summer jobs to help pay it off, so the extra pieces will be helpful. I know it wasn't a GREAT deal, I'm just hoping it was a fair deal.