The price was right

After some time checking and cleaning connections, carb cleaning and replacing the ignition switch  I am happy to report the engine has sprung to life. No smoke or knocks. The gears work in every position also but it's got a worn hub. Now to buy the assorted parts it'll need to tune her up a bit 

Yes it does, especially since what I found in the rear may be an issue. It seems as I mentioned that the wheels had a bit of a wobble, after further inspection they not only wobble but both sides of the axle end tube bearings were bad and one side has Ruined the axle severely . Then to make it worse I broke the hub for the drive pulley with the puller . After that it was time to walk away.

Thanks to Don I now have a gas tank that holds fuel and had her running on her own. New belts,air filter, battery,points, condensor,breather hose, oil change, swapped out ignition switch, made new battery cables, new handle on belt tensioner,swapped out rear. Still needo to swap the front tires as they are dry rotted with a used set I have tucked away. Think the back tires that I have will be to wide. There 24x12x12 which is gonna have them sticking out of the pan deck pretty far on each side.  May need to buy another set but we'll see how bad they look first. Seems the $75 tractor is costing more and more.   Thinking of doing something off the wall for painting it. It will not have much "Mother Deere Green" left on it but it will hold up better than paint. Need to find a plow yet , make up some chains ,fix the headlights ,add tail lights and swap the mangled up seat with an old one I have stored away .

Got the fender deck and seat on, thank god for penetrating lube. Not sure about the rear tires . Opened up headlight switch . Hard to believe how hard someone must have pulled the switch to break all the plastic inside of it and render it useless.