[jerkin]

Well, my old 582 gave up the ghost and I had to make a move so I picked up a fairly nice 1864. Luckily I had been watching a few and was getting ready to go look at this one anyways. Haven't finished cleaning her up yet so no pics til later this week. Haven't found anything major yet, it was running a bit rough but turned out someone screwed up the choke cable adjustment and the butterfly wasn't fully opening. One of the shoulder bolts was missing from the mule drive. Friction washer needed tightened up on the forward/reverse lever. Ordered new bushings for the deck wheels. Gave her a good greasing.

Still have a few other things to do, I want to remove the covers, clean up the engine and make sure there aren't any mice nests in there as it seems to run a little hotter than I thought it would. Looks like I need to remove the engine though to get that rear firewall pan off, really didn't want to go that far. Going to pull the deck tonight and sharpen the blades then level everything up.

The hood is cracked where it bolts to the frame so I need to figure out a better way to attach that. It almost looks like my 582 hood and fenders would fit but the dash is a little wider on the 1264. Seat isn't in the best of shape so I'll keep my eye out for one. Other than that it's pretty clean, no rust on the tractor, just the deck. It came with an original cub cadet bumper too which I understand are fairly rare. I also got the original hubcaps, wheel weights (not sure if they are oem or not, they are covered with a gray rubber), a set of chains and a snow blower. The blower sat outside so it's a bit rusted up but no holes in it and he claims it works great.

Hopefully I'll have it ready to go in the next few days and I'll take some pictures. Anyone know where I can get a service manual? I have the original owners manual and some other papers that came with it but not luck on finding a service manual.