Bad day,Lost an engine

MESSMAKER · Oct 16, 2016

rgr33 said:
That sucks Messmaker. I had the same thing happen to me a few years ago with a lawn tractor. I ended up putting a new motor in it. The only silver lining was that the replacement came with a warranty. It stinks when you take good care of a motor, and it meets an end like that. If it were mine, I would at least gather info on cost and feasibility of a rebuild before deciding.

I guess I will. I have A great Bobcat dealer who has always handled my larger repairs, but cheap is not part of the equation. I am not sure I can afford them. Have a great motor shop to do the machining but struggling to find someone to do the tear down. Good thing it is at the end of the season and I have several months before I will need it , so that lets me do some looking.

AGRIMAN · Oct 16, 2016

Most machine shops will disassembly and assembly the engine for you, but you will have to pull it and put it back in. If you are able to that work, it will save you some money.

I would also check the price on a long block assembly from your dealer. Depending on the damage done to yours (and warranty given) it might be a better deal.

MESSMAKER · Oct 17, 2016

Long block is $4700. I am figuring on 12-15 hundred for the swap so looks like six grand for new motor. I think I will be getting a rebuild.

LD1 · Oct 17, 2016

Agree with an earlier poster, that said to pull the pan first just so you know what you are dealing with. And the extent of the damage.

MoPops · Oct 17, 2016

Messmaker, good luck with this. Hated to read about it. I'm always going over branches. Just way too many to get them all picked up. I drive one into my radiator,many was ticked off about the cost of replacing it. I guess I will count my blessings, and be more careful.
Hope you find someone to do the rebuild. At a fair price.

Sawyer Rob · Oct 17, 2016

LD1 said:
Agree with an earlier poster, that said to pull the pan first just so you know what you are dealing with. And the extent of the damage.

This is what I would do too...

It sucks it happened, but it's also why I keep an eye on my oil pressure when I'm rotary cutting in brush too...

SR

truckdiagnostics · Oct 17, 2016

Bummer, What he said. By all means if you can drop the pan, throw a set of rod bearings at it and see what happens not hard to do. Not like you can make it worse and shouldn't cost that much.

MESSMAKER · Oct 18, 2016

truckdiagnostics said:
Bummer, What he said. By all means if you can drop the pan, throw a set of rod bearings at it and see what happens not hard to do. Not like you can make it worse and shouldn't cost that much.

New bearing are $144. Not cheap by any means. They are sold by the by the individual bearing, not a pair. Why in the world would you use one single bearing? Is there a time when you would replace the cap bearing and not roll the other one out and replace it?

tman1020 · Oct 18, 2016

Man that sucks sorry to hear it. I will definitely be keeping a closer eye on mine now. Worst case scenario though that tractor is probably well worth the cost of a new engine. Plus like someone else mentioned you could always consider it an opportunity to upgrade for more HP. Hopefully it will just be a easy fix and just be the bearings. Keep us posted