I scored this Bolens off of Craigslist.
Called him 3 minutes after it was posted on Thursday, talked with him for a bit and he said he would hold it for me until Saturday morning. I didn't expect him to actually hold it that long but got there at 10am Saturday and there it was. Originally it was posted for $450, he called me early Friday and said that he had "mistakenly" posted it at the price for something else he was selling. We haggled a bit but deal was still set.
How it looked being brought home...
I felt like throwing some stickers on it.
Spent the day today getting it running. Battery was junk, wiring is messed up and they key switch is garbage. Put a bigger battery on the running board, threw on the jumper pack and turned it over. Little puffs of smoke but wouldn't hit. Bled the air out of the lines and kept trying with no success. Looking it over more I found it has a block heater. Plugged it in for a half hour, tried again and it started coughing. A little more and it fired up!
PO claimed it was last run in July, it looks more like it was last run in the 90's. Its going to get all the fluids changed, loader needs some work and the clutch won't disengage. Little stuff...