Despite its nice appearance it came with its share of problems like they all seem to do. A few are typical and rather minor like some play in the front axle mount and worn wheel bearings.
The big issue with this tractor was that the clutch came to me as a box of parts. I guess clutch drivers don't work so well when they are in several pieces.
Here's a pic of the carnage and what the engine mounts looked like when I removed them.
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The rest of the clutch was original to the tractor and pretty much worn out. The release arm is almost worn through where the throw out bearing rides and the drive shaft is worn as well.
After pricing the special driver and all the parts to build a new clutch I decided to buy a completely new clutch assembly for it from Midwest Super Cub with their six pin aluminum driver. I also converted it to Brian Millers solid motor mounts since the non flexible driver required it.
Everything went together without too much trouble until I got to hooking the rod from the clutch/brake pedal to the release arm. All of Midwest's pulling clutches come with a stronger spring in them and a longer release arm because of it.
As you can see below my stock clutch rod is now too short because of this.
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I think my only option here is to make a new rod that's longer in order to get everything to work however I lack the tools and resources to make it myself.
Perhaps someone here would be interested in fabricating one up for me or knows someone who would be?