On 26 Oct 2005 07:12:23 -0700, wrote:


I'd love to find an old lawn tractor for $100, but again, where do I
look? I just did a search on Ebay, got one result which looked
promising until I discovered I'd have to pick it up in Oklahoma.

You could fly out to Oklahoma and ride it back.

I think there is a way to limit ebay searches to your own area.

Harbor Freight sells new engines, but I have no idea about the
quality.

Go to a guy who repairs lawn mowers. He'll have left overs. He may
be able to start it for you before you buy it. He may be willing to
guarantee it will start for a week or he'll exchange it. (assuming he
has more than one that will fit.). The latter might not be so likely,
and will have to be in writing I suppose.

There is a big guy near me who also sells parts for many brands, and
there is a little guy near me who works out of his back yard. They
both might have an engine. I'm pretty sure the little guy (about 65
years old) never throws away anything can be used again. (there is a
corner next to his porch with nothing but wheel bolts.) OTOH, the big
guy might do greater volume, and if you ask a guy like that to be on
the lookout, he'll call you when someone scraps a tractor with the
engine you need.. The other guy would too, but it might take him
longer to find one if he doesn't have it already.

You can ask more than one place at the same time to keep an eye open.
It's not immoral if you don't make promises, or if you only make
promises you can and do actually keep.

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