[AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors

[Rob Wilson]

Serves them right for buying the piece o' crap. Funny how it's such a deal
until it breaks. Sort of like the garbage tools from harbor freight. The
junk must have come from the bottom of the harbor. I've only bought a couple
things from them and using their junk impact sockets yesterday was the last
straw for me. Used the socket twice and on the second time it broke allowing
the nut to round off. I'll leave their trash to others needing scrap iron.
Rob  

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dave Ernst
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:04 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors

The Northern Tool & Equipment catalogue lists a Chinese made NorTrac Tractor
model NT824 for the fabulous discount price of $27,999. Perkins engine too.
There happens to be one of these beauties sitting in the local John Deere
shop split in two with the mighty Perkins engine apart on the bench. The
fresh air intake hose to the turbo missed the quality contorl department and
was split halfway in to allowing infusion of a lot of really abrasive dust. 
The engine and turbo are horribly damaged. That was the easy part.
Now, the Chinese can name anything they want, including calling an engine
Perkins.
That tractor has sat in that shop for the last 8 months waiting on parts
that supposedly are on a slow boat from China. It's really amazing how
standard parts from a Perkins dealer don't seem to fit.............
Dave 

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