"Adam" wrote in message
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I am thinking of buying a Murray riding mower from a neighbor. He's
gussing it's about 5 years old. 46in. cut, "Big Tires, not the turf
ones", 2 cylinder 18hp. What do you guys think about this? He is
asking $500 for it. He said that the center bearing on the mower deck
is seized and will need to be replaced. He said he replaced the
outside ones last year for about $20 a pop. Now he is dissabled and
can't use the mower any more. What do you guys thing? does this sound
like a good deal or no?

Thanks,
Adam

Hi:

The murray tractors are indeed the "el cheapos" of the market. However I've
found them very inexpensive to rebuild. I recently found an entire blade
housing assembly with bearings and spindle for $8.00 closeout at home depot.
I also found a set of blades (3) for 8.00 also. It's pretty easy to fix
these things with the exception of the drive belt to the transmission. That
being said $500 for your mower seems steep to me. Unless it was very good
condition I'd look else where.

I bot a fixer upper for $200 locally but it needed roughly $90 in parts. I
also bot another 80's model off ebay for $26 without an engine. I found a
used engine on ebay (18 hp twin cylinder) for $200 delivered. With another
$30 in parts I have another good looking 46 inch cut mower. Try looking at
mfgsupply.com for cheap parts.

Stergil