The thing that has possibly saved the day is the damaged air boost line, if the engine was getting full rack lift it would be sending big chunks of shrapnel into that magnet screen, on those screens you always get an amount of fine silt like wipe stains on a paper towel, but that screen in the picture looks like its fallen in a skip of engineers waste, a few more of those small rollers are just waiting to jamb between the the teeth in the back carrier (Most Probably), when you see that amount of junk hanging off the magnets it's a mighty good clue it's not break in fluff, the Transmission is 1 Job with checking the torque is more possibly a time thing with a gasket and a few O rings if your luck holds, the bevel gear lash needs to be checked more to establish it has some than anything, the pinion on the power shift is floating, the drain plugs under the steering clutch case are often blocked up with bits of band and junk and well worth cleaning out, it's a wet weather job and not really a bad job, steam cleaning things make the task a lot easier, best of luck that Man as he has 10 to 15 days of entertainment ahead, I would not buy anything until the bits are stripped right down and component checked. tctractors No second hand D8 or 9 ever comes in mint condition, they always want something off the new Master.
