----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Williams"
> Engine shops hate to see tractor engines come in, though. People
> generally run them until they won't start any more, then are appalled to
> find that practically everything that moves is worn slam out; you have
> to send the crank out to be welded because it's already worn past the
> smallest undersize, all the valves are burned and the guides are shot,
> etc. Tractor bits are also more expensive than car bits. For some
> reason, people think because they bought an old tractor for cheap, that
> a new engine will be cheap too. <sigh>
Brother Dave said it very well, you can tell he's "been there and done
that"!
In grudging defense of tractor part prices, it's all about volume
production. How many small block Chevys have been built? 50-70 million?
Tractor production figures are tiny in comparison.
Tony in Texas
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