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Oil analysis interpretation , to buy wheel loader help?

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I am looking at buying a John Deere 544h With 16000 hrs on it. The machine came out of TX its fairly tight, no corrosion pretty clean. The price is not horribly bad but not a steal by any means. Only problem I did an oil analysis as it appeared that the fluids have not been changed in a long while. I was worried the Tranny and motor might have problems because the tranny fluid was pretty thick and old looking and the oil was pretty black so I sent off samples. I ran the machine pretty hard for 20 minutes then I took the oil samples by pulling the filters off wiping them of good and dumping oil from the filters into canisters for the oil lab. I got the results back and I have no clue on how to read them and the lab cannot tell me levels that are typically good, bad, worn, or failure imminent. So does anyone have opinions. I have read numbers all over the place and I realize I am buying a used machine but Id like to know if this is typically indicative of immediate engine failure within the near future or down the line.
Sample
Engine OIL
Wear Metals
IRON - 160
Aluminum - 8
Chrome- 3
Copper - 15
Lead - 59
Tin - 3
Nickel - 5
Cadmium - 0
Silver - 0
titanium - 0
Contaminant Metals
Silicon - 8
Sodium- 0
Boron- 6
Potassium - 0
Additive Metals
Barium - 0
Calcium - 2668
Magnesium - 76
Molydeum - 48
Phosphorus - 753
Zinc - 807

Viscosity 14.5

Transmission
Wear Metals
Iron -63
Aluminum - 0
Chrome - 0
Copper - 36
Lead - 0
Tin - 0
Cadmium - 0
Silver-0
nickel-0
Titanium-0
Contaminant Metals
Silicon-4
sodium-2
boron-9
potassium-0
Additive metals
Barium-0
Calcium-2225
Magnesium-14
molybdenum-2
phosphorus- 800
zinc-880

Viscosity 8.0

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