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Boone, Iowa | I bought an 1845 with the Case 4 cyl diesel engine from the neighbor several years ago. I bought it as a project, since something was wrong with the engine. Ended up, it had dropped a valve. I completely rebuilt the engine and exchanged the head with a rebuilt head from Midwest Cylinder Head in Nevada, IA. Talking to the guys at Midwest, the origional heads came with 2 piece valves and seem to be a problem. The rebuilt head comes with one piece valves and they have not had problems with the replacement valves. The engine has performed flawlessly, since the overhaul. There is a lovejoy coupler between the engine and hydro unit that can wear out, but not a big deal to replace. Usually when these go out, you are far from the shop and knee deep in mud or out in the cattle lot. We did have a RH drive chain break on us moving some white rock in the driveway. I blame that on the oil bath for the chain had some condensation in the oil and could have been starting to freeze up, since it was cold out. We replaced chains on both and installed new oil and fixed that problem. If you keep twine away from them, your hub seals should last a long time. I have thought about upgrading to an 1845 C, only to get something newer, but I believe the C series would have the universal attatchment mount for the buckets, post hole augers, etc. | |
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Would like commentary on 1845 Case Skidsteer.
