Got the 149 running this evening
I cleaned up a couple contact points on the starter and turned it over a few times. Turned a little slow then fired right up. Smoke started pouring out of the exhaust when it warmed up, but I think something is in the muffler. It didn't smell like oil. I could see lots of stuff packed around the fins etc, so some critters have been setting up shop lol. I'll pull the shields and blow everything out really well. And take the muffler off and see whats going on in there.
My wife's car is parked right in front of the tractor so I didn't get a chance to try and move it, and once the smoke started coming out the exhaust I turned it off. But the lift worked great up and down, so I'm hopeful on the transmission. The guy I bought it from seemed pretty straightforward, so I have no reason to think it won't.
I also took that seat off... for now I'll sit on the battery lid. I'll throw something on there eventually. Maybe just a chunk of plywood for now lol.
I noticed the tunnel didn't have all 4 bolts on it, just on 2 sides. Which I thought was odd :big think:
So I took it off. And lo and behold, I found some more nifty home brewed repairs. They put a hydraulic hose in to repair a pipe, so the cover won't fit... So I need to find one of those pipes. It also looks like there is a lot of play in the speed control lever, so I need to go through and tighten things up there.
Here are a couple pics of what I uncovered. Also I threw a pic of the starter in, there is a wire that is disconnected, not sure where it goes. Looked at the wiring diagram, but couldn't really tell from that.