If I replace the engine, what are other repair issues I'll face down the road?

[CubDieselFan]

Originally Posted by olds45512

I see you're in PA so here's what you do. Load it up and bring it to me along with about $2,000 and when you get it back it will be all rebuilt and you won't have to worry about a thing. If you decide you want to spend a little more I can make it look like one of these.

This is a great option. I would be tempted to take him up on this.

[Sam Mac]

How can anyone even offer an intelligent guess what you will encounter down the road, we have no idea what the condition of the tractor is, how it has been maintained or what you do with it.

[gretschwhtfalcon]

Originally Posted by olds45512

I see you're in PA so here's what you do. Load it up and bring it to me along with about $2,000 and when you get it back it will be all rebuilt and you won't have to worry about a thing. If you decide you want to spend a little more I can make it look like one of these.

Except that I don't even have the means to transport it!

[gretschwhtfalcon]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

How can anyone even offer an intelligent guess what you will encounter down the road, we have no idea what the condition of the tractor is, how it has been maintained or what you do with it.

True enough. Grabbing at too many straws over all this. Time to end it. Maybe the thread should be locked (?) that way it'll force me to cease and desist

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by gretschwhtfalcon

Except that I don't even have the means to transport it!

I get $1.50 a loaded mile.

[gretschwhtfalcon]

Originally Posted by olds45512

I get $1.50 a loaded mile.

x approx. 226 miles one way.....just checked on google. $678 roundtrip. Appreciate the offer, but don't think so....

[Chad126]

Originally Posted by gretschwhtfalcon

I am truly sorry

Don't be sorry.

I think you need to give yourself a bit more credit. You seem interested in learning more about old mowers/small engines. You said you are a retired teacher, right? I'm assuming you are pretty smart, or likely smarter than the average person. Years ago, I was talking at work about how my 1996 Buick Century needed a head gasket. It had a 3.1 V6, and I knew that much about it, but other than changing an altenator and spark plugs, I had never done any internal engine work. An older fellow who was a die engineer at our plant convinced me to try to do the work myself. He asked me "if there are guys that can do this, why can't you be one of them?". 3 weekends later, I was driving that car around, and over the course of having it I put another 60,000 miles on it before giving it to an elderly lady who needed a vehicle.

So my point is, you can do any of the repairs and maintenance on that mower that can be done, because people just like you do it every day. That being said, if you decide to keep the mower, I would still get an engine that was rebuilt from someone else. Just don't fret about having to work on it. You will likely enjoy it, and you can absolutely do it.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by gretschwhtfalcon

x approx. 226 miles one way.....just checked on google. $678 roundtrip. Appreciate the offer, but don't think so....

Not my fault you live on the weird side of the state.

[gretschwhtfalcon]

Originally Posted by Chad126

Don't be sorry.

I think you need to give yourself a bit more credit. You seem interested in learning more about old mowers/small engines. You said you are a retired teacher, right? I'm assuming you are pretty smart, or likely smarter than the average person. Years ago, I was talking at work about how my 1996 Buick Century needed a head gasket. It had a 3.1 V6, and I knew that much about it, but other than changing an altenator and spark plugs, I had never done any internal engine work. An older fellow who was a die engineer at our plant convinced me to try to do the work myself. He asked me "if there are guys that can do this, why can't you be one of them?". 3 weekends later, I was driving that car around, and over the course of having it I put another 60,000 miles on it before giving it to an elderly lady who needed a vehicle.

So my point is, you can do any of the repairs and maintenance on that mower that can be done, because people just like you do it every day. That being said, if you decide to keep the mower, I would still get an engine that was rebuilt from someone else. Just don't fret about having to work on it. You will likely enjoy it, and you can absolutely do it.

LOL Now that you mentioned your Buick, let me tell you about MY Buick..and it'll perhaps provide deeper insight into why I seem to have a predilection over keeping old things going. I have a '95 Riviera (one of the last models to roll off the line) - bought it new. Original engine flooded at around 60k miles and thus ruined when one of the plastic intake manifold parts broke (I seem to recall they used a plastic part to route a portion of the exhaust gases through the intake?...perhaps this is still the case). Anyway, had my garage put in a Jasper replacement engine. That one lasted around another 80k and then threw a rod right through the block (yes...what happened recently with the Cub brought back some bad memories!). Then, I decided to try one more time (needless to say I'm sentimentally attached to this car....AND the Cub) - had the garage put in an engine with 90k miles on it that came out of a '99 LeSabre. I think this is the best engine the car has ever had. Now have over 160k miles on it and still going. No more engines though. OH...also put a new trans in it when that went bad. Buying a new car a piece at a time you might say? So...this is all in the back of my mind as I weigh out this Cub decision. My brother keeps telling me I'll probably have BOTH the Cub and the Buick till I'm dead, or at least till I'm not driving or mowing anymore.

Thanks for the encouragement...really appreciate it. And, congrats on doing the Buick work yourself!!

[CubDieselFan]

Originally Posted by olds45512

Not my fault you live on the weird side of the state.

Rent a trailer and take it to him. I would spend 2k before I spent 7k. If you like it keep it.