Guesseral
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2011
- Messages
- 1,173
- Location
- Erie Pa.
- Tractor
- Montana R4944, Ford Jubilee, Ford 621, Ford 841
Well in my expereance it's all about money! I purchased a ford 841 on Ebay and drove all the way from erie pa to past detroit to pick it up it was a little rougher that I thought but so what I wanted to restore it and keep it. I already had the Jubilee and the 621 and this was the same basic tractor with lots of HP when I needed it. Well I used it for the remainder of the first summer and tore it down that winter. First off it had a loader on it but no power sterring so the loader had to go. After tear down I realized the following. The engine was in great condition seemed like it had been done on to long before there wasn't any slop at all that's good except the rear seal liaked so out it came and it got a new clutch at the same time. Some one had dropped something out of the loader and shashed the hood and gas tank, they fixed the hood pretty good so there was not much work there but it needed a new gas tank new because all of the used ones I found had holes in them. The radiator was leaking so I had to ghet a new one also. The breaks wer week and when I took that apart the rear seals needed replaced and I also did all of that. No and on and on, finally done and I have 5K into the tractor. In the interum I bought the Montana new and now I have 5K into a tractor that just sits there. Now the Jubilee needs a new motor because it blew up during the restore of the 841, so I start over because a tractor just isn't a tractor with out an engine. Just buy a new one and get it over!