Got a call from the dealer. They pulled it in the shop and looked it over.
Price is $6200 if they fix it, $4850 as-is. There is no maintenance history to review, prior owner did all their own maintenance, except it came into the dealer when they cracked the loader arm near the hinge pin behind the bucket. Dealership welded it up and added gusset plates to both sides, on the top side of the arm.
What is broken:
1.Engine- Hydrostat Transmission seal leaking $200 to fix
2. Hydrostat leaking at foot pedal linkage area, (control shaft that goes into transmission) $200 for the seal kit, but only one seal is needed. He says it appears to have been leaking for a while.
3. Decals are missing from hood completely, $60 for decals
4. Complete fluid and filter change(oil and hydraulic fluid), $200 in filter/fluids
5. They found a stripped out bolt(bolt spins) where the FEL frame mounts to the tractor frame by the rear axle. $20 for a thread insert, and an hour of shop labor.
6. Hood latch is bent and won't latch, so they'll adjust that.
I asked if they looked at the sloppy front driveshaft, and he said " Its about normal for a machine that has over 1000 hours". (My friend that went with me who has been a utility tractor owner for the last 20 years thought otherwise.)
I also asked if they were going to replace the turn signals that were broken off both sides of the ROPS? He said he didn't realize they were missing (I pointed this out to him Tuesday during my inspection, the hazards flashed on the dash but nothing flashed on the tractor)
I also failed to mention in my first post that the instrument cluster had a bunch of condensation in it from sitting outside in a blizzard last weekend so it was really hard to see the hour meter.
Price is $6200 if they fix it, $4850 as-is. There is no maintenance history to review, prior owner did all their own maintenance, except it came into the dealer when they cracked the loader arm near the hinge pin behind the bucket. Dealership welded it up and added gusset plates to both sides, on the top side of the arm.
What is broken:
1.Engine- Hydrostat Transmission seal leaking $200 to fix
2. Hydrostat leaking at foot pedal linkage area, (control shaft that goes into transmission) $200 for the seal kit, but only one seal is needed. He says it appears to have been leaking for a while.
3. Decals are missing from hood completely, $60 for decals
4. Complete fluid and filter change(oil and hydraulic fluid), $200 in filter/fluids
5. They found a stripped out bolt(bolt spins) where the FEL frame mounts to the tractor frame by the rear axle. $20 for a thread insert, and an hour of shop labor.
6. Hood latch is bent and won't latch, so they'll adjust that.
I asked if they looked at the sloppy front driveshaft, and he said " Its about normal for a machine that has over 1000 hours". (My friend that went with me who has been a utility tractor owner for the last 20 years thought otherwise.)
I also asked if they were going to replace the turn signals that were broken off both sides of the ROPS? He said he didn't realize they were missing (I pointed this out to him Tuesday during my inspection, the hazards flashed on the dash but nothing flashed on the tractor)
I also failed to mention in my first post that the instrument cluster had a bunch of condensation in it from sitting outside in a blizzard last weekend so it was really hard to see the hour meter.
