[AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors

[Dave Ernst]

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