Went & picked her up today. Took a pair of rear tire/rim assemblies that hold air to put on it, as the rears were off & don't hold air. Got her home & decided to see if it had spark still. Yep....so got the carb cleaner & gave it a shot....varoom...she fired right off. Put some gas in the tank (which is rust free), and she runs with full choke. I let her run for nearly an hour while tinkering with it.
PTO clutch works great & deck runs fine! Can't drive it though. I knew he said something about a busted pulley, but I didn't pay a lot of attention being it was just $50. The input pulley on the transaxle has all it's cast spokes broken out, so it's either find a good used one, or fab one myself.
The engine doesn't smoke at all...period! Might when under a load, but it won't be bad if it does, as there is virtually no smoke at all at any rpm. The charge system works perfectly as well! This is a good tractor!
AND....the battery cover he DID have!!!
Kind of rough tires, but he had these 29x12.50/15 rear tires he tossed on my trailer free also. Will be fine with tubes.