About the creeper, your bound to get a lot of different opinions, but keep in mind they are just opinions, so here's mine....
Personally, i've had, and do have a tractor with a creeper and I've never had any situation where I've used it and thought "Wow, this is the cat's ass". They give you a cool factor, I'll admit, but also become an additional another link in the chain for something to go wrong.
Next, from the grease all over the one you have pictured, I would want to tear it apart and inspect it, then add new gaskets and seals if I decided to use it.
My vote is to get the new stuff you have listed and put it back together with what you know is proven good. You can go through the creeper at your convenience and put it in later on if you desire.
FYI, there is a creeper installation manual in the Technical Library and if you have the parts manual for your 122 the creeper parts breakdown is there also.
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