We have been way behind schedule with Mother's health issues, so we finally made it to the auction house to pick up her check. I got there just in time to see a really nice JD 318 sell. I was told that these had the 'Owen' engine by a resident 'expert" Anyway. the 318 had a replacement Honda engine. I have never heard a sweeter sound than that, except for maybe a the original Johnny Popper, Harley, and of course, a Kohler cast iron.
It sold for 2600.00 and no doubt would outlast anything new [at a big box store] at the same price. Someone got bang for the buck on that sale.