I wanted to introduce myself as a new member of this board. I recently came into possession of an original owner (my neighbor) 1990 JD 318 that was purchased new by him. Along with the tractor, he purchased the 50” deck, lawn rake, 54” hydraulic snow blade, wheel weights and chains. This machine only shows 601.6 hours that are known to be actual. This guy kept the machine in a climate controlled shop for all but a year; at which time is sat covered in a pole barn. Since acquiring this beauty, I’ve only had to replaced the coil, fuel pump, fuel filter, oil/filter, spark plugs, battery and other little odds and ends that needed attention. I’m currently in the process of removing panels to really give it a good clean…the original paint is so nice under the grime I can’t believe it’s ~35 years old! I am not going paint anything so as to keep it all original…I’m thinking that a good cleaning is as far as I’m going to go to keep the patina real. This machine is really a true time capsule, my neighbor is over the top about everything he owns, and it shows on this machine as well. I’ll attach some pics now and will update this thread as the machine progresses through its cleaning and maintenance.
New owner of a real nice 318!
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aesanders
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None that I am aware of. Nice mower. The 318 was a good solid platform.
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BleedingOrange
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I used to own one of those tractors. Nice little unit. Can you post some pics of the complete tractor ?
wow ive always wanted one , had a 300, 316, 317
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I’ve been trying to buy this 318 from my neighbor for 20+ years….a new job and a relocation sorta prompted the sale. My neighbor Tim was and has always been over the top with the care ands maintenance of his stuff; the condition of this machine gives you an idea. Believe me when I say it didn’t look like this when I got it. It didn’t run (critters chewed some wires), and the paint was heavily oxidized and covered with tree sap…nothing that’s good wash with simple green and several days with a buffer and 3M Perfect-It 1 couldn’t fix! I ended up replacing the coil and fuel pump as well as soldered in new wires to replace the chewed ones…she fired right up!
