Recent content by Flipside1955

Thanks guys for all the replies. It is reassuring to know the old girl is in good shape. They really are neat little tractors. They are super simple and easy to work on. Also, that little 2 cylinder sounds AWESOME at idle, at least to me. My neighbor actually told me- "Somethings not right with...

FlyNavyP3, I bet you are right about the Universal Averages coming from the Yanmar engines in reefer units. I had not thought of that, and I was wondering where Blackstone would get samples where the average time on the oil was 425 hours. Thanks for the reply. Flipside

Chris142, Sorry, my post isn't clear. The tractor was rebuilt by Fredrick's Equipment in 2006. I bought it after the rebuild when it was showing 200 hours. I can't edit the post now, but hopefully this will clear things up.

Hello. I'd like to preface this UOA with a little background information. I bought this little Yanmar from a consignment yard a year ago. It showed 200 hours on the working meter, but it is only 3 digit so it could have theoretically rolled over. I lean toward it only having 200 hours by...