dealer prices

[ArnieinChesterfieldVa]

I'm going to be doing a tuneup on my 60 soon & ordered some parts (trying to stick to genuine John Deere) from my local dealer.

(2) spark plug wires & new caps
(1) set of points
(1) condenser
(1) coil wire & new caps
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$94.00 total

I spent more than I made at work today cause I had just left the Amsoil dealer where I'd spent over $70.00 for oil & filter for my F150.(and that's with dealer discount)

I'm not on the plus side today......LOL

Arnie

 

[Anonymous-0]

What makes you think JD ever made plugs and points most tractor manuf. never made any elec.parts plugs most elec parts are delco on deere 2 cyls some had wico dist they were junk

 

[Ray]

Amsoil is a waste of money to.Trucks will run
forever on regular oil.

 

[5020s rock]

OUCH--TOUGH CROWD............

 

[2cylpartsinfo]

Suggest going to a NAPA store or any of the online advertisers and buy the exact same ignition parts for less money. Everybody says Autolite plugs are better than Champion.

 

[Nofbdybs]

(quoted from post at 16:26:03 03/14/11) I'm going to be doing a tuneup on my 60 soon & ordered some parts (trying to stick to genuine John Deere) from my local dealer.

(2) spark plug wires & new caps
(1) set of points
(1) condenser
(1) coil wire & new caps
____________________________
$94.00 total

I spent more than I made at work today cause I had just left the Amsoil dealer where I'd spent over $70.00 for oil & filter for my F150.(and that's with dealer discount)

I'm not on the plus side today......LOL

Arnie

Im more perplexed on how you managed to spend $70 for an oil change on a F-150 than the JD prices.

A f-150 holds what, 6qts of oil, even if you bought synthetic (which is a HUGE ripoff) at $7 a qt, + a $4 filter?
Am I missing something?

 

[Nofbdybs]

(quoted from post at 17:21:45 03/14/11) Amsoil is a waste of money to.Trucks will run
forever on regular oil.

Couldnt agree more,

Synthetic/premium oils are modern snake oil.

 

[ArnieinChesterfieldVa]

Well, I picked up 7 qts....6 for the change & one to have around for topoff during the 15,000 miles I run the oil. Oil has gone up to almost $8.00 qt. (at dealer price) so that's just under $56.00. The Amsoil oil filter (cleans down to 1 micron instead of 5 microns like a regular filter) at $12.00. The rest is tax.

I'll spend another $12.00 when I change the oil filter again halfway through the 15,000 mile run.

Supposedly you can go 25,000 miles between oil changes....but I'm not that brave. If you figure the money spent on oil changes every 3,000 - 4,000 miles, it all comes out close to being the same.....and with a whole lot better oil that has a shear pressure of 3,000 lbs. compared to conventional oil being 800 lbs.

 

[ArnieinChesterfieldVa]

already using the Autolite 3116. Seems that what most suggest.

 

[ArnieinChesterfieldVa]

Tough Crowd they definitely can be. I figure a lot of them are grumpy old men like I'm getting to be. But I don't have the heart to get after them when they "get tough" as we say cause I'll tell ya what, those grumpy old men sure know their stuff when it comes to our tractors.....gotta respect'em & appreciate their knowledge. They've gotten me out of a couple of jams. So if they want to spew off at me once in awhile I just let'em....LOL.
Arnie

 

[Walt in Jaxn Tn.]

I drive Ford products, have been since 1970 when I bought a 1966 Galaxie 500 2-door hard top from the Ford dealer in Macon Mo. I paid ( borrowed ) $1,225.00 for it. It had 86,000 miles on it and when my father heard that he said "It's worn out" He ate those words much later when the car odometer broke at over 375,000 and was still going and being abused by distant inlaws. The key here was to use a good proven 10w-40 and change the oil and filter at regular intervals. The only snake oil I ever used and still do is "Marvel Mystery oil"