[Ford-ferguson] Diamonds in the rough? 202

[Hal]

1300 feet is quite a bit of ditching to do.  I suppose that after fixing the 
backhoe and then doing the digging, you would get your money and parts cost 
back.   Maybe not your labor but you would have the ditch done.

Does make me wonder though that the engine turned over so easily - about 
like there is no pistons in it.  Especially after setting for 
soo.........oooo long.  That part does not make sense at all.  I would pull 
a plug and then turn the engine and see if any air comes out.  Were you able 
to pull it thru all 4 pistons?

Sometimes stolen property is parked in the woods but since she is selling 
it, I doubt that.  Did her husband or person that had it die or something 
like that?  Especially odd with no oil on the dipstick. Is the drainplug in 
the pan?

The whole deal depends on what these Case's are worth when running.  Maybe 
$2,000 or so.  Whatever it is, gives a guy a good idea of where he is 
heading if he buys it.  How about for junk parts value?   What year mfg. is 
it?

I guess you can take you time looking over the deal as not buch of folks 
looking at it.  I suppose that the engine would be the main thing at this 
point.

Another project.  Do you need it?  I have more than I know what to do 
including a neighbors MGB in the shop.

Hal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Ford-Ferguson mailing list" <ford-ferguson at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Ford-ferguson] Diamonds in the rough? 202


> There was no oil on the dipstick, but I am not sure that would assure me
> that there is no water under the oil - the engine hasn't been run for a
> LONG time, and nobody knows why it was parked. If I only knew why it was
> parked, I would feel better about buying it and fixing it up. The fact
> that I could turn the engine easily has me puzzled - on most of my other
> tractors, it take a fair amount of effort to turn the engine by hand, if
> they are tight. My fear is that he spun a bearing or threw a rod, and
> now the cost of repairs starts to climb rapidly. People don't usually
> just park a tractor in the woods and leave it covered with a tarp for no
> reason...
>
> The main reason I would like a backhoe is to clean a quarter mile of
> ditch that runs along one side of my property, and the 202 is light
> enough that I could probably run it out on the soft areas without it
> sinking in (when the area is dry). I am so tempted...
>
> Mike
>
> Buckies at aol.com wrote:
>> the 202 is essentially a mf 35, beefed up. The 134 engine/trans is
>> common,,,, eng may well be cracked, as is so often the case. If there is 
>> no  water in
>> the oil pan, you are lucky.
>> This unit was popular, if underpowered.  Nice little loader  tractor.
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