Getting the 70 ready for lawn duty
 

When I bought this a few months ago, I knew it needed some PTO work on it as the PO didn't like fiber buttons.This 70 was not used too much to mow or anything else for that matter. At one time, it did have a deck on it from an Original, so I removed the mod, and proceeded to remove the PTO.
Pulled on it to see how the bearing was and it came right off. It looks like the locking collar was never set as there there no marks in it .
So I cleaned it up and gave the parts a light sanding on a piece of glass.Still had the scratches in it from the factory but it was a little oily. Paint on the spring was not even worn off New thrust button, disc NOS of course and some new anti rattle clips and I will reassemble it in the morning.Action shots to follow...

Looking good Lew!

Looks like fun!

Nice 70, Lew! Looking forward to your action pics.

Agreed. Can't wait to see the 70 slinging some grass:biggrin2:

Lew,
Can't wait to see some progress pics. When I first glanced at the pics, I thought you had someone layin' down with a plaid shirt on to lay the parts on for pics...............:bigthink: :biggrin2:

Should be fun using the 70 for the lawn mowing expedition :beerchug:
Looks good.

nice work lew:beerchug:

Sweet looking! The older the machine, the bigger the grin!! :bigthink:

:biggrin2:

How big of a deck will the 70 operate? :bigeyes:

CAD,
38" will be about it.