Got one set of set screws out, but the other two are still in there-- it seems one was pre-stripped, and the other cammed out when I was trying to get it undone. I used a nearly-new Bondhus T-handle wrench, so I'm confident tool quality wasn't the issue.
Between playing password games with this website, and wearing out a new cobalt drill bit trying to drill out one of those screws (I got about 1/8"), I am thoroughly disgusted with this little yellow & white time/money pit. Drilling doesn't look like it's going to work (cobalt is about the best I know of), so the only option seems to cut it off with an OA or cutoff tool. If I do this, I'll have to buy a new PTO, which pretty much exceeds the amount of money I want to put into this thing.
Any further suggestions, because destruction of that PTO means the whole mess gets pushed out the door, and to the curb.
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1965 122 with no bells or whistles, other than a spiffy restored 42" CI deck.
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