454 international fire

[longear]

were these prone to fires? [img]

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Is it worth fixing?

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[mkirsch]

The "img" tags need to be "touching" the link to the image:





If the tires are burned off the tractor in these pictures (I haven't seen them yet), then it's scrap metal.
 

[mkirsch]

As for them being "prone" to fires? I'm not aware of it.

There are always freak accidents, unexpected failures, first times for everything. Also lack of maintenance can contribute, letting grease-soaked dust and chaff accumulate where it gets very hot, for example.
 

[longear]

[quote="mkirsch"](reply to post at 14:23:00 11/12/12) [/quote]

Thanks for fixing the pics.
There was a build up of rag weed seeds everywhere. I don't know how you could stop that.

In the fire pic you can see them build up on the step.
 

[ih_bug]

you still have paint on most of it that counts
aluminum is not melted, well worth fixing.
 

[outdoors]

It is pictures like these that make me wonder why I don't fit a suitable fire extinguisher on each of my tractors. If it is repairable, I can certainly recommend a 454 with the d179 diesel. Not sure what would be required for the change over my my old 454d is a snotty little tractor.
 

[longear]

Can anyone tell me what this tractor is worth now???