[AT] parts for m665 jd

[Mattias Kessén]

I also think that Charlie is correct if the mover isn't near the end of
it's life. But of course here $ 150 wouldn't be that expensive and if One
was found a bit away it would have to be free to compensate for freight.

Mattias
Den 4 jul 2013 21:09 skrev "Dave Rotigel" <rotigel at me.com>:

> No Charlie, it's NOT just you. You are 100% CORRECT!
>         Dave
>
> On Jul 4, 2013, at 2:29 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>
> > It's just me but I wouldn't feel right about fixing a borrowed machine
> with
> > used parts.
> >
> > Speaking of Zero Turn accidents.  Years back a former neighbor of mine
> > bought a big
> > Kubota zeroturn.  High dollar one with a diesel engine.  His wife had to
> > show it off and
> > came over and started mowing our yard for us.   There was a big torpedo
> type
> > float like
> > you use on the end of a fishing net or a crab pot laying in the yard.  It
> > had a piece of
> > black rope about 10' long attached to it that she didn't see.  The mower
> > caught the end of
> > that rope and slung that plastic coated, foam filled float into the two
> 6' x
> > 8' storefront
> > glass panels that make (made) up part of my living room wall.   Lynn was
> > sitting in a chair
> > beside the window when it blew shattered glass all over the living room.
> >
> > I was able to scrounge two nearly new 6 foot sliding doors from an ocean
> > front house that
> > was about to be torn down to build a bigger, newer one.  I put them in
> and
> > built a set of
> > transom windows about 10" high to fill in the space above them.  She
> > reluctantly agreed
> > to HELP pay for them.  I told her not to bother.  I'd have never heard
> the
> > end of it.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike
> > Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 2:11 PM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] parts for m665 jd
> >
> > Just pay the $150, and consider it a life lesson unless your wife is
> > used to driving a zero turn mowers.  Mike M
> >
> >
> > On 7/4/2013 1:39 PM, John Slavin wrote:
> >> I know this is kinda off topic but I'm hoping someone might have a
> >> referral for me.  I borrowed my neighbors lawn mower, a JD M665, because
> >> mine is on the fritz.  It's one of those zero turning machines and my
> wife
> >> promptly got too close to my pickup and gashed a hole in the fuel tank
> >> (one sits on either side of the seat, kinda exposed) with the bumper.  I
> >> think it's be likely that one of those is sitting around somewhere with
> a
> >> worn out deck or engine, with a good plastic fuel tank.  Deere wants
> $150
> >> for a new tank.  Anybody have any ideas?  I've called a few lawn mower
> >> bone yards, but no luck yet.
> >>
> >> John Slavin
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