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A.Helm

01-31-2003 01:52:46




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I am looking at a 1935 McCormick Deering WA-40 it has front steel but rear cut offs the engine is stuck and the block is cracked the manfold is also cracked and the bottom of the gas tank is rusted out the guy will not give me a price on it I was wondering if anybody knows what it is worth




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Bill Smith

01-31-2003 19:01:36




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 Re: WA-40 in reply to A.Helm, 01-31-2003 01:52:46  
I don't have a production figure on this machine, but am pretty sure that it was not a massively produced tractor by no means. Probably a little on the rare side. That will make it tuffer to find parts for, and add value to it as it sits in present condition. Actually, in all reality it is probably worth more as a parts tractor than it is as a fixer upper. By saying that, I don't want to disencourage you in any way as to buying it and fixing it up. I am just saying that if you are going to fix it up, I wouldn't pay much for it because you will spend plenty of money putting it back on-line. Probably more than it will be worth when done. Somebody buying this tractor for parts don't have to factor in the cost to put it back in shape. Actually its just opposite because they can figure up the value of what they can get for this, and for that, and so on. I would offer to haul it off for free. If he rufuses try to buy it for little or nothing. Like 50 or $100. If he refuses then ask him again how much he wants. He will probably then tell you what he was hoping for. No since in rewarding the guy with alot of money for letting it get in such bad, bad shape.

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F-Dean

01-31-2003 18:10:01




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 Re: WA-40 in reply to A.Helm, 01-31-2003 01:52:46  
Aren't a lot of the parts interchangeable with a F-20?



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dlp

01-31-2003 18:21:35




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 Re: Re: WA-40 in reply to F-Dean, 01-31-2003 18:10:01  
Not according to my book. It's a totally different engine.



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dlp

01-31-2003 17:18:13




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 Re: WA-40 in reply to A.Helm, 01-31-2003 01:52:46  
I'm going thru my W-30 this winter. Parts are scarce for these but they are out there, at a price. A W-40 will probably be harder to locate parts for. Mine was loose, so my cylinders weren't bad. I am going to build oversize wrist pins because they're not out there. I saw a set of four NOS sleeves, pistons, & rings for $900.00. Be ready to do a lot of machine work. You'll also need a BIG truck & trailer to haul this beast! My book says it weighs over 6600. lbs. BUT, the fun is getting it to run again. Anybody can buy one that runs.

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Wildbill

01-31-2003 08:07:29




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 Re: WA-40 in reply to A.Helm, 01-31-2003 01:52:46  
Any kind of W40 is costly unless you sneak up on it. One sold on an auction here this fall with a cracked block, shattered manifold, full steel,loose, and real rough tin. I was expecting two, maybe twenty five hundred, it sold for thirty seven hundred. I got a nice set of road wheels for my W40 there, $190 a piece. So I have an extra set of standard rear steel if you get it. Rosewood Machine was offering new manifolds at $1100. It is true that they are very expensive to repair, but if you want a nice one it will also cost you in a painful way. Very rewarding tractor when it is running however, they really are a big horse. Good Luck

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Mr. D

01-31-2003 17:25:21




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 Re: Re: WA-40 in reply to Wildbill, 01-31-2003 08:07:29  
Yeah, I am the one that bought that $3700 w-40. The block is not cracked, the fenders are a little rough but the rest of the tractor is excellant. I built a custom manifold for it for about $60 worth of materials and some labor and it runs great.



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Wildbill

02-02-2003 18:22:34




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 Re: Re: Re: WA-40 in reply to Mr. D, 01-31-2003 17:25:21  
If this is the same one, does it not have a big crack on the ouside of the block behind the carb? Came out of central NE? If it is, I am sorry for dogging your tractor, but you and I do have different views on excellent.



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Dan Kelley

01-31-2003 07:26:58




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 Re: WA-40 in reply to A.Helm, 01-31-2003 01:52:46  
Motor locked up? Block cracked? Manifold cracked? Offer to haul it away for free, or give the guy $50 or $100 because you feel sorry for him. Moving the tractor will be a pain. Parts are going to be pricy. You're going to put a ton of money into that tractor, if you want it running and driving. You might be better off buying one that already runs. Then, you could put your money into fun stuff, and at the same time have the tractor to do some work.

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