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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 3016" data-attributes="member: 82">Only 160 hrs? damn, i'd hate to think of the hours i spent on mine...... I spent 2-3 weeks from when i got home from work machining pinns, bushings and bosses, about 4 hrs a night. Plus the many many weekends and the 6 weeks i had off over x-mas.I really wish i was charging myself by the hr, i'd be ritch!I know what you mean about keeping it drip free, i want mine like that too. I have some oil leaking but that was my fault, i ran the machine with a bleed line attached and it sprayed oil out behind the fuel and oil tanks, so i can't be sure if its a leak or just residual oil from that stuff up.I too have found that buying engine parts direct from the manufacturer is by far the best way. I'd hate to think of how much glow plugs were from bobcat, i paid $12 each.I need to install my seat bar too, i got another machine *sigh* that i'm going to steal the seat bar from as its is really good shape and put my old beaten up one back in the other machine.How did you go with painting the machine without ripping its guts out? as the *new* one i got i'd like to paint up to sell, but i an NOT going to go to as much trouble as i did for the one i'm still working on. Its in pretty good shape, but the engine isn't soo good, broken con rod and 2 holes in the block.</blockquote>