Yanmar Price Help

[ufengineer]

Yanmar 30 HP Tractor


What is it worth.

 

[careyo63]

Hard to say without knowing just what all needs replaced. Being 4wd. that's about what its worth with it needing a New Eng. . IMO. In Ga.. If it didn't take the crankshaft out Probably worth it.

 

[winston1]

Yep, hard to say. A new crank is right at $500. Gaskets, rings, etc and it adds up fast. Very interesting it has regular tires on the front. Would be quite useless if using 4 wheel drive. Wonder if it works?

 

[JCByrd24]

In my mind that tractor is worth nothing (I wouldn't buy it). It's an (apparently poorly) rebuilt, probably 30+ year old, gray market tractor with well more then 250 hours in non-running condition with the wrong tires on the front end. If you know these engines and rebuilding them and could get this for $500 or something it might be worth it. But you can go buy these grey market tractors running for not much money and a lot of them come with a warranty.

 

[kenmac]

256 hrs ,and it has already spun a bearing ?? That thing should be under factory warranty

 

[normde2001]

I agree with JCByrd. Most likely a VietNam recon, repaint, obviously repainted wheels, doubt front/wd works. no telling what all is wrong with it. Might offer $1,000 if nearby. Probably worth $4,500 in good condition

 

[California]

I would start by looking for a portable crankshaft grinding service that can come out to your location.

Better yet, before making an offer on the tractor, pay the portable crankshaft grinding service to go to the seller's location and appraise if that crank throw can be repaired without tearing down the whole engine. You don't know how much the tractor is worth before you know the cost of repairs.

That tractor still could have other expensive problems. The failure of the front axle may indicate parts damaged or missing in the transmission, for example.

I wouldn't pay much for that, with so many unknowns.

 

[bmaverick]

That machine has the 3T84 engine. It's one of the very popular Yanmar engines back in the day. Getting engine parts isn't a problem with the gray market parts/service, it's just the cost as everyone has stated.

That YM2620D is very comparable to the YM2820, YM3000, YM3110, & the YM3220 with the same engine family of 3T84. The YM3810 has the same with turbo.

Looking at the body panels and bolts/screws, it doesn't look repainted. The person already took the lower engine pan off with the oil shown, thus you can look to see what else is needed.

On the 3T80, the CAM is locked in with two keys that align the engine timing rather easily. Thus, swapping bearings or doing any lower engine work is rather simple. If the 3T84 series is this way, then the cost is drastically lowered too.

BTW, if you redo the bearings for on rod assembly, do them all. period. You will hate to go back in there to do the job two more times in the future.

PS, since you are in the northern area of FL, there are plenty of Yanmars in the SE states. Fredricks and others have brought plenty to the USA in this region. Finding a good one should not be that hard. Besides, Yanamar NA is in GA. Also in GA, Fredricks has a franchised dealer with a parts service center too.

Personally, I would keep looking for a good Yanmar. :thumbsup:

 

[ufengineer]

Thanks everyone. Was going to offer 1000. Double he'll take it.

 

[bmaverick]

OK, looked at your CL area, I can understand why this is an attractive deal. Those other Yanmars are somewhat over priced for used! Even that YM2610 for $4500 is way to high for my area. I got my YM2610 totally refurbished with warranty by Fredricks for just a little more. That one in your listings has no new paint, nor tires, nor anything.

Thus, that YM2620 could be a deal for you. It's your call on that choice.