Highest Hours?

[Bret McFarland]

Never have seen an hour meter this high …

 

[mgonitzke]

60ish hours a year. 2-3 acres of grass would be plenty to get that kind of hours.

Price is way more nuts than the hours...

 

[1811Cub]

Could have accidentally left the key on. I had one that read 7800 hours..

 

[Jay Fetters]

Could have accidentally left the key on. I had one that read 7800 hours..

2 years ago I bought my grandpa a new cub xt2. After his last mow of the season that year, he left the key on. That spring, his battery was obviously dead, but he had accumulated 3200 hours before the battery died! It had less than 40 before that winter.

 

[1811Cub]

2 years ago I bought my grandpa a new cub xt2. After his last mow of the season that year, he left the key on. That spring, his battery was obviously dead, but he had accumulated 3200 hours before the battery died! It had less than 40 before that winter.

That works out to 132 days, or roughly 19 weeks, or 4.7 months..

 

[-CӞ]

struggling to read that hour-meter,
blinded by the asking price…

 

[1811Cub]

Value is more like $650.

You can't polish a turd.

 

[Bret McFarland]

Pretty rough shape -- the 2400+ hours could be actual. And it looks like a tree fell on it.

 

[-CӞ]

tired old hoss

 

[jstewart]

The ad only needs the quintessential line: Don't lowball me, I know what I got

 

[Everettlee]

If you have paid for internal engine work or priced a repower,it is difficult to justify paying high dollar for high hours

 

[Jay Fetters]

That works out to 132 days, or roughly 19 weeks, or 4.7 months..

We typically don't get our first chance to mow till mid May, and we are typically done mowing by mid September. Some years it's different, but that's the norm up here. And if you figure the Amp draw of the hour meter, and capacity of the battery, it didn't make it as long as it should have, but the winter cold probly zapped it prematurely.

 

[1811Cub]

If you have paid for internal engine work or priced a repower,it is difficult to justify paying high dollar for high hours

While Kohler and Briggs aren't cheap, ONAN takes it to up another tier. IF you can find the parts, the rebuild on a vintage B48G 20HP Onan is crazy expensive. Just price a set of points and you'll see what path you're headed to.

 

[Curt Doles]

I don't do this on purpose but it seems somewhere after 1000 hours I start looking at replacements.

 

[1811Cub]

1000 hours really isn't much for these older units IF proper care and maintenance has been performed. These cast iron bore gas air cooled engines have a long life. The Kubota Diesel engines go even further. What failures are occurring now are age related, such as leaky seals, and broken governor gears.

 

[Curt Doles]

I will say the two 1872's were running strong when I sold them. One was for a 2284 I'd been lusting after forever. I bought it with 500 or so hours about 10 years ago. It just turned 1000 this past season.
My primary mower became a SZ60 about three years ago. The 2284 pulls a lot of trailers and the Cyclone in the fall, does the fertilizing. That's an 1872 in my Avatar.

I think I may have an intermittent Ignition module. It doesn't idle great but is fine at full speed.
If I pull one plug wire it has little impact if I pull the other it stalls, swapped plugs same symptoms.
What else could that be?

 

[mwmacdonald]

Value is more like $650.

You can't polish a turd.

You can always gold leaf it. Sorry couldn't resist

 

[gary noblit]

Curt, did you swap wires also??

 

[mgonitzke]

I think I may have an intermittent Ignition module. It doesn't idle great but is fine at full speed.
If I pull one plug wire it has little impact if I pull the other it stalls, swapped plugs same symptoms.
What else could that be?

A blown head gasket will do some goofy things too. You can use an inline spark tester to see if the ignition module is working correctly. Before replacing it, I'd make sure that it is gapped correctly, and set it to the low end of the range given in the service manual.

Curt, did you swap wires also??

Can't do that...plug wire is integral to the ignition module.

 

[dfrisk]

the rebuild on a vintage B48G 20HP Onan is crazy expensive. Just price a set of points and you'll see what path you're headed to.

Last tune-up I did on my Onan a set of points & condensor was $160 for the parts and a little something for UPS. That's why it's been sitting since 2013. Been a couple successful Thermoking diesel engine transplants into 982's but I'd like to put an air-cooled Duetz in one. I think packaging would be better.