brought this home today....
Posted March 13, 2014 - 07:11 PM
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A John Deere 3 18
Will serve me well
(Sorry, thought you where starting a Haiku poem)
Posted March 13, 2014 - 08:15 PM
How old is it?
Posted March 13, 2014 - 11:20 PM
Congratulations on the 318. It looks like it has just a little honest wear and tear. Good for you.
Posted March 14, 2014 - 12:11 AM
How old is it?
It is a 1987
Posted March 14, 2014 - 05:32 AM
Hope you have good service with your 318 as I've had with mine . How many hours on it ?
Posted March 14, 2014 - 07:34 AM
Congratulations on the 318. It looks like it has just a little honest wear and tear. Good for you.
Hope you have good service with your 318 as I've had with mine . How many hours on it ?
Its got 1600 hours, the PO took it to the dealer for all the scheduled regular service.
I agree, daytime dave, about the honest wear and tear. Mostly cosmetic, probably not unusual
for that many hours.
I'm wondering about the streaks running down the right side onto the foot pedestal....looks like
maybe corrosion from the battery area. ?
Edited by WHdbJD, March 14, 2014 - 07:39 AM.
Posted March 14, 2014 - 07:44 AM
Congrats on the 318. That corrosion is common on all the 300 series and probably on most tractors. I've never seen it leak out over the fender deck like that but both my 314 and 317 were really rusty in and under the battery tray. I had to make a new tray for the 317 and actually rebuilt the console sides because it was so badly rusted. Have a look under there and check the condition of the inside panels and battery tray. You may want to make it a priority to fix up any rust that's there and treat the area with some sort of antirust coating. Poor battery and charging system maintenance over a long period of time probably leads to more acid fumes being produced and hense the corrosion.
Posted March 14, 2014 - 07:52 AM
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Posted March 31, 2014 - 09:42 AM
Are you refering to the plastic dash plate? if so, yes you will need to pull the steering wheel. Then all it is held on by are the various dash items... ie; the PTO and light switch fastening nuts, etc.
Posted March 31, 2014 - 08:11 PM
Honestly I'm envious...
I always wanted a 318 even though I had absolutely no use for a tractor that large and powerful.
I think the thing that had me sold was a garden tractor with a three point hitch. That had a coolness factor that was off the charts.
Congrats! I'd still love to have one.