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Looking at buying a 742B. Tips on what to look for?
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<blockquote data-quote="2drx4" data-source="post: 128983" data-attributes="member: 23729"><p>Wow, thanks for the informative reply.</p><p></p><p>It is the later style with the 2 piece axles, so it has that going for it.</p><p></p><p>I've been reading lots about the engine rebuild scenario. There is lots of super sketchy rebuild kits available, but some (or most) of them seem to have the wrong parts. That is a concern, I'm in Canada so it's harder to get parts (vendors won't always ship here) and they tend to cost more due to high shipping costs and be impossible to return. I will have to talk to the local engine rebuilder to see what they have to say. It looks like it's easy enough to source some parts through Rockauto and they're cheap enough to gamble on, as long as you don't need to go to oversized pistons, if you need them it looks like it's a rabbit hole at that point. Also a lot of the kits seem to list as having cylinder sleeves, I wouldn't have thought this engine used sleeves from the factory so there likely is some shenanigans going on there. It would be tempting to do a compression check and throw my borescope into the cylinders before buying, but I don't know how much patience the seller will have for that. I'll have to look into carb rebuild kits too, but I can always get it to work with something else, like you said.</p><p></p><p>Good to know how the auxiliary works and the float. I didn't know anything about the auxiliary and planned to just ask the seller. Float makes sense, works the same as my mini tractor. </p><p></p><p>The main hydraulic pump was recently replaced, I plan to ask more about that, but I'd like to think they cleaned everything up when they did that. The engine compartment area does look clean by equipment standards. How hard is it to lift the cab on these? </p><p></p><p>He's had the bucket on and off (has photos of it both ways and I asked to make sure its included) so I'm guessing the quick-attach stuff isn't seized.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all the pointers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2drx4, post: 128983, member: 23729"] Wow, thanks for the informative reply. It is the later style with the 2 piece axles, so it has that going for it. I've been reading lots about the engine rebuild scenario. There is lots of super sketchy rebuild kits available, but some (or most) of them seem to have the wrong parts. That is a concern, I'm in Canada so it's harder to get parts (vendors won't always ship here) and they tend to cost more due to high shipping costs and be impossible to return. I will have to talk to the local engine rebuilder to see what they have to say. It looks like it's easy enough to source some parts through Rockauto and they're cheap enough to gamble on, as long as you don't need to go to oversized pistons, if you need them it looks like it's a rabbit hole at that point. Also a lot of the kits seem to list as having cylinder sleeves, I wouldn't have thought this engine used sleeves from the factory so there likely is some shenanigans going on there. It would be tempting to do a compression check and throw my borescope into the cylinders before buying, but I don't know how much patience the seller will have for that. I'll have to look into carb rebuild kits too, but I can always get it to work with something else, like you said. Good to know how the auxiliary works and the float. I didn't know anything about the auxiliary and planned to just ask the seller. Float makes sense, works the same as my mini tractor. The main hydraulic pump was recently replaced, I plan to ask more about that, but I'd like to think they cleaned everything up when they did that. The engine compartment area does look clean by equipment standards. How hard is it to lift the cab on these? He's had the bucket on and off (has photos of it both ways and I asked to make sure its included) so I'm guessing the quick-attach stuff isn't seized. Thanks again for all the pointers. [/QUOTE]
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