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Old 10-12-2017, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by brudder View Post
Confirmed my suspicions tonight. Blown up rod and the crank is junk too. It looks like the other rod is scored inside the end that attaches to the crank too. The guy ran it out of oil and sold it to me as needing some TLC.

It's a frustrating and humbling experience for me to know that I couldn't even identify a blown up engine. The guy was an @#$%#@ to deal with and I hope karma catches up with him in the future.
It happens... But if you rebuild or repower it, you'll have a good tractor.
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