Deere Prices, Another Disapointment.....

[pauldeere]

Called my Deere dealer today for a valve cover gasket for the #60. Was told $32.00..."WoW" Now we are talking about a cork gasket......Question #1 has anyone used silicone rather than a gasket on a valve cover with good results......Question #2 Does anyone know a source with a down to earth price for a valve cover gasket......

 

[old popper]

Check with NAPA if you have a store close by, I bought a "valve grind set" from NAPA when I had the head off my 60 to replace the manifold. Felpro gaskets, and I did buy the set, I don't know if they have the valve cover gasket separately. Don't hurt to check.

 

[Plant Doc]

Valve cover gasket, JD 60, right here on Yesterdays Tractor Parts, $13.95.

 

[Hay maker2]

I'm no different than any one else, I don't want to pay anymore that I have to. Now that 60 is 60+ years old. Deere can still support / supply a lot of parts for them so you can't be upset with their price. There's not another color of tractor out there that can supply parts for a 60+ year tractor that Deere can. I am generally happy that I can call my dealer up and they still can get me new parts, that's does not mean that I am going to buy it from them, it gives me a base line and then I will search the internet and see what I can find.

I can not see how it is a disappointment when Deere can still supply parts and support there products.

Ford, Chevy, or Dodge cant support there products from 60 years ago, that's why there are after market suppliers for trucks parts and there are after marker suppliers tractors parts.

 

[pauldeere]

Already checked it out, another 12.00 for delivery...

 

[pauldeere]

Checked with NAPA, was told buy someone that NAPA does not handle Valve cover gaskets only, however the do have a head set which consist of head gasket, Intake manifold gasket, Valve cover gasket 95.00

 

[bill mart]

steiner has them
gasket

 

[Bob Harvey]

Still cheaper than $32. I've used them and quality is good.

 

[coonie minnie]

Can you drive to the dealer for $12? Yes, you pay some shipping from some vendors, but there is no chasing for parts either.

 

[Dave H]

To answer your question Paul. Yes I have used the red pernatex as a rep0lacement and it worked for me. Not on a 60 though.

 

[MikeinKy]

I have about quit buying from Steiner because of shipping costs. I needed a small part and I got it from another vendor for not much more than Steiner's shipping cost.

 

[MT RON]

you can get 1/8 " thick cork and make your own.

 

[MSD]

I've had good luck cutting my own from heavy paper gasket material. The stuff I have is almost like a rubberized paper but I glue it to the cover and turn it upside down with some weight on it till it sets up. I've never put any gasket maker or glue on the other side cause we take them off regularly to check valve clearances and to retorque the head.

 

[onefarmer]

I totally believe in silicone. I once had an oil pan on a 2000cc pinto engine, no matter what it would leak. I'd straighten, polish, glue the gasket in place and it always leaked. I got mad and laid a 1/4 inch bead of blue Permatex 6B on the pan, and set it in place. Very lightly squished the pan down onto the engine to get full contact on both the pan and engine, started all the bolts. And let it set over night. Next day I went ahead and tightened it up the rest of the way. It never leaked again!!

 

[Bob]

Apparently it's still available through the dealership and $32 ain't gonna kill you. WHAT is the issue?

Go buy a "Jeep" (FIAT) CHEAP plastic center console shift quadrant doomaphagee thingee for your wife's jeep (looks like a $3 part) for $699, and you will realize just how much of a bargain that gasket is!

 

[DR. EVIL]

Only problem I have with all silicon gasket materials is it's so slippery. If you use silicon with a gasket the chances are good the gasket will slip out from between the mating parts.

The BEST gasket maker in a can is Permatex RIGHT STUFF. It's sticky, if the parts are clean, it glues them together.

In my opinion, CORK is the worst gasket material. It's brittle, fragile, you compress it and it takes a set, does not return to it's original thickness. And since it's organic, it's the bark of the cork tree, oil and other fluids will eventually seep thru it and it doesn't handle high temperatures at all well. I'd use any of the paper or rubber composite gasket materials.

If Deere is still selling a $32 cork valve cover gasket, shame on them! If it's a paper or rubber composite gasket it's well worth $32.

 

[Mike M]

Well at least Deere has it ? Over the years I have just bite my lip and bought what I needed to do it right.
If you want a truly expensive part that is the ones that Deere or no one else supplies and you have to pay to get one custom made !
Well it seems others have found you a source at a reasonable cost. Things like this can easily be made too from sheets of gasket material. Hard to find cork rubber that thick though for a decent price I'd think.

 

[toot]

I dont care if Deere still stocks it or not.. I aint paying that or any other crazy price for anything. Like one said below, get a roll of cork gasket material and make your own. There a lot more ways to skin a cat and still make it work well and correctly. If money is no object, then they cant go pay the $32. But for most, spending has to be done wisely.

 

[Bob]

Nothing much in there but a flimsy circuit board and some cheap "switches" made of little copper strips that get dirty or break, sending false shift lever position info to the 'puter.
Overpriced mopar part

 

[Russ from MN]

I have had good luck making a paper gasket and putting silicone on one side and grease on the other. Then in the future you can take it apart and it doesn't tear the gasket, and just put it back together, it works for me.

 

[Hay maker2]

$32.00 for a valve cover gasket will save a lot of $$$ in wasted oil and not to mention a mess. I'm not saying that there are not other options out there but....

A beer at a restaurant is around $5.00
A value meal at McDonalds is around $8.00

 

[M-MAN]

Yes that's overpriced BUT it's a 60 year old machine and you can have it in your hand the next day. That's the kicker. Aftermarket parts are fine but with shipping cost you pretty much have to build an order to come out.

A few years ago when the ford dealer was still in business in a neighboring town I called about a part for my old 851. He had one on the shelf so I went to get it. The old guy said he hated to tell me the price cause he thought twenty bucks was robbery. I said it may be but it's a 50+ year old tractor and you have what I need here on the shelf so I ain't complaining.

 

[pauldeere]

Here's the icing on the cake. I called a vendor that I have done business with in the past that has given me great service. They told me that they did not have the gasket in stock but would have it shipped to me directly from Deere. Cost 13.00 ......Go figure...

 

[pbb]

My local dealer had a valve cover gasket for my A at 26 bucks and would be a 50 mile round trip. So I thought I would get one from Sharps for 13.50 and have it shipped to my door. Sharps charged 16.00 shipping . I would of been off better going to mother Deere and wouldn't have to wait 4 days.

 

[Robert Major]

Hi shipping costs with"some" traders is getting absolutely stupid. Ebay and that global shipping program is the worst. I want a couple clips for a tractor from England. $6.00 to buy them and they weigh next to nothing and both fit in your hand, global shipping program is $40.00 and then import tax on top about another 6 or $7. Thats not the only stuff like that. some toys they want over $130 to ship from the U.S to Canada. a couple years ago I'd a had those clips in my hand for about $13 and the toy tractor would of been bought and delivered to town for less than $100. There has been a lot of stuff I would like recently, But decided I don't "need" as i'm not getting robbed blind on shipping!
Regard Robert

 

[devonhubb]

Just priced new headbolts for my 2520. Part number T20184 $45.48 each. Need four of them. Nearly $200 for four bolts.

 

[DONMYEIL]

Why not go to a salvage yard ?

 

[rockyridgefarm]

I just bought part number R89652 - a 2 inch wide 20 inch long piece of plastic that fits between the fender and the console in a 4840 and supports the rail behind the shift lever. Cost $23. And part number R58204 - a plastic threaded rod that moves the depth control notch for the 3 point. Cost $33.33.

Really glad they had them.