As I had mentioned earlier, I have to replace the crankshaft and do major rebuild in this tractor too.
I was looking at rebuild kits, and found a place online that has them for either 850 or 950 CDN. I don't know the brand of the parts, I hope to call to find out, but I assume they are imports.
My local shop can get a kit with domestic built parts, he mentioned built by Reliance. That one would be 1395 CDN.
I was hoping to get some opinions on which way I should go. I don't doubt the domestic parts are better, but are they worth the extra 500 or so bucks.
This tractor gets used to snow blow feeding round bales to 10-15 horses, and bales 400 square bales a year, with a small amount of rototilling, so it isn't worked terribly hard. I also may be selling it soon. In case that influences anyone's opinion.
Thanks