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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rayhat" data-source="post: 140611" data-attributes="member: 11532">I've owned a 91 L785 for nine years. It is an awesome machine. Ford diesel engine.  Bought used with 3000hrs and have just over 4000hrs now. Mostly homeowner use but I have the matching Backhoe, Grappel bucket,Forks,5 in 1 bucket and Auger attachments, along with a couple of homemade ones. I fabricated a quick attach and adapted the old style implements to fit.   I try to have my work done before the freezing temps roll in. If it's bellow 35F I wouldn't even try to start it. It's stored unprotected outside.    If I think I might need it I'll try to get it inside and I put a block heater on the oil pan. It helps a lot.    I use the glow plug preheater button but I have no clue if it works.    I'm in NY so it gets down in the single digits.   Starting the machine isn't even a thought when that happens.  Head gasket blew this year, cost a bit over a ground to have fixed professionally.   Machine with 5 in 1 bucket and a set of forks cost me $5000 originally.     I've replaced several hydraulic hoses and had bushings manufactured for the machine and implements .  It had a hairline crack on one of the axle housings that I found a week or two after I bought it. Had that professionally welded in the first month of ownership and don't even think about it anymore. Guess the guy did an outstanding job.    I'm not afraid to use it the way it's intended to be used.  The fuel cutoff switch on the Fuel Injector pump went twice. Replacement from Amazon worked fine. Just did it that's why I mention it.    Machine will crank but not start when that happens. May even seep some fuel down along the block.  Good luck with it, it really is an awesome machine with lots of parts available and a lot of knowledge on this site.</blockquote>

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