Well Sticks, I'm quite pleased with my Nortrac 204C. The C means it has the Y380T engine. I quess they used to sell the 204 originally with a two cylinder engine. I haven't had anything go wrong with it other than the glow plugs were faulty and Northern quickly sent me new ones, one of which was also bad and they quickly sent me a 4th one.
The quality is as good as can be expected. They don't repaint them, but do touch them up a little. All the fluids were changed, the hoses and battery were also replaced with new ones. It had a couple of loose electrical connections, like the hot wire on the horn fell off and one of the wires on the back of the fuse box came off. This happened after a few hours of use. So, not Northern's fault. Anhhow, after finding those I went over it and didn't discover anything else. I have retightned the timing cover bolts. I'd give them a 9.5 on a scale of 10 for their customer service and tractor delivery.
I didn't buy one locally because there are no dealers close to me. However I did find a Northern Tool outlet about 40 miles from here and didn't even know it was there until recently. Nice store and a good place to google at everything I'd like to have someday. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
