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Paul,
I bought my John Deere 80 hp engine direct from the distributor
in Ocala, FL, rather than through a dealer. This gives you much
better bargaining position, as you've cut out one layer of
markup. It helped ,also, to have shopped and gotten a firm
(lower) price on a 90 hp Daytona engine. The first Deere price
was just over $1000 more than the larger Daytona. After a few
calls and conversations, the Deere dist. sold me the Deere for
$1 less than the Daytona price. I paid about $9150 plus sales
tax for the engine and transmission, just over two years ago
from: CK Power Products Corp. of Florida, Ocala, FL (904)
237-7660.
I hope this helps in your search for the perfect engine for the
"small tri".
Mark Richter, Winnie the Pooh
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