420 I am looking at.

[Dave Holt]

Owner says it is a 5 speed?? When did they change from a 4 speed?? Has a reverser. Runs good but ring and pinion is bad. Is this a commom problem on the 420?? How expensive are the parts to repair?? Dave

[Lavoy]

5 speed became an option in 57. Ring and pinion is a lot of work, means complete teardown to bare tranny case. I would guess $700-$800 by the time you are done with R&P, bearings, seals, gaskets, etc.
Lavoy

[KenP]

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[Dave Holt]

I know its lots of work as I have done many tranny/clutch jobs on these but no diff. issues. I am learning it is a quite popular problem. I just never ran into it. Spoke to the owner at length and he was nice enough but detected there is more going on with this unit. He is asking $2750 which I feel is high. I would be a player at $2000 at the most if it is as good as he says it is. It also has a reverser that works correctly?? That will be a first.

Yes he is the guy in Columbia. NH. May take a look at it this weekend and go from there. I asked were it came from and he changed the subject. He lives a few miles from the famous Nash Equipment. If it came from there I wont be expecting much. They do have some decent stuff but it is usually priced very high.

Dave

[hydrogeo]

I was just by Nash Equipment earlier today.
Old Eddy was known far and wide for his horse trading. Saw that 420 on CL too. Looks real clean in the photo.

[Dave Holt]

I sold a JD 450C I had this fall to a guy in Maine for $10K. He was trying to get the price down so I took him over to Nashs to look at the same size and year machine. They wanted $19,500 for a worn out piece of junk. Passed. When we got back to Errol he handed me the $10K and was in a hurry to load my machine. Left with a smile on his face. Dave

[Dave Holt]

Dave