Almost like y'all were prophets! :P
Sure enough, I picked up a paint can of Berryman's carb cleaner and let all the metal parts soak. Put it all back together with the old nasty O-rings to see what happened, and it wanted to start.
So after ordering a rebuild kit and giving all the parts another soak in the Berryman's for good measure, I cleaned it all out, and put all the new seals on. Gave her a crank and sure enough she started up and stayed running! I took a proud lap around the neighborhood.
Observations from the test drive:
The PTO seems to be working remarkably well, compared to my expectation.
The power deck functions are working.
The engine has some surging at low to mid idle, and the power steering is acting like it's low on fluid (lots of steering slop and whining).
So onto search the forums!!
-Brandon
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