Scored another 520

[Kelly 1,033]

A member here had this, he was going to fix it and resell it but his time and space is in short supply, so he sent me a email asking if I wanted it, I told him I'd take a look at it, it needed a few things but runs great with 670 hours on it, it's a 1997 it came with a tall shoot blower and a pretty nice 48" deck, I ran it through the car wash on the way home and dove in to fixing the hydro control issue found a missing spring and needed some basic adjustments, but now that issue is fixed, it also had white paint spatters all over it, and a nice scrape down the middle of the hood but I wet sanded and wheeled the hood no more paint or scrape, it does have some scratches that will not come out but it looks very nice, I still need to do more cleaning and adjust the steering (steering wheel is off center) but that is a easy fix but will be about a hour job, needs a seat but it's not real bad, need to fix the tail lights, new ones from Wally world about $7 a pair, not sure if I'm keeping this one and selling the one I fixed up over the winter?? still thinking on that, but one is going to be up for sale soon, the tall shoot blower is for sale also I already have one I rebuilt last fall.

Well here is the pictures every one wants, it still needs more cleaning but looks pretty good so far, with only a hour or so working on it.

[Jeremy Watson 22]

Nice score, that will either sell quick or be a nice addition to your collection. The snow blower should be a quick sale come fall, it looks to have little use.

Jeremy

[bowtiebutler956 650]

That's a good looking 520 Kelly!

Matt :flags-texas:

[AMC RULES 37,211]

One hour invested and it already looks virtually brand new. :thumbs:

[Jake Kuhn 1,579]

Thats a nice tractor. Its amazing how many good deals you can find. Jake

[zieg72 209]

I like the deck... nice find for sure

[Kelly 1,033]

Thanks guys, Jake this one was not cheap, I paid more for this machine than any other one I have bought, except the 520 with the loader on it.

[TheReDStAnG 4]

Great find, all look to be in good shape. I just picked up a 97' last weekend too . I love the smaller steering wheel. Beats the belly burns from the older larger style steering wheel so I can continue to . :party:

[Terry M-(Moderator) 2,243]

I've always liked those 520's. maybe someday....

[Ken B 3,189]

Very nice Kelly. I got some seat time on mine this weekend cutting grass and I just love it. I think the only thing I want to do on mine is install a forward swept axle setup.