Repair or part out?????

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DRG

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I have a B6200HST with mower deck that looks real nice and has a new seat. The engine runs great, however it sucks the radiator dry. I just pulled the head and found a crack in the center combustion chamber. I know the tractor was run hot when the water pump failed while mowing.
Has anyone here tried the cylinder heads sold on Ebay? I considered selling the short block assembly and buying a replacement engine. I am just uncertain about which way to go.
1. part out entire tractor
2.sell short block and replace engine assembly
3.buy head off ebay and repair.

Any thoughts are appreciated
 
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DRG said:
I have a B6200HST with mower deck that looks real nice and has a new seat. The engine runs great, however it sucks the radiator dry. I just pulled the head and found a crack in the center combustion chamber. I know the tractor was run hot when the water pump failed while mowing.
Has anyone here tried the cylinder heads sold on Ebay? I considered selling the short block assembly and buying a replacement engine. I am just uncertain about which way to go.
1. part out entire tractor
2.sell short block and replace engine assembly
3.buy head off ebay and repair.

Any thoughts are appreciated
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looking at the value of the tractor........... what do you come up with ? Can you replace the entire thing for ....what say 4K ?

If you part it out, will be hard to sell piece by piece, unless you have someone on the hook.

what does the head and gaskets going to cost???

what will a "new" engine cost? 1.5K?? I have no idea!

what does the head cost off ebay? How can you verify it is "good"

run back some numbers for us ! :)
 
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Tractor has 326 hrs on it. D850 engine

New BARE head is $600
Gaskets are $100
300hr engine is $1k plus a 540 mile round trip! Has to be ftf cash for that price.

I figure the tractor is worth around $3k with a good head. I have no idea what someone would offer for the D850 short block.

Just checked pricing. Apparently in this overall condition (with new head) it would be worth over $3k to a little over $4k.
 
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