JR, thanks I will look at some on line pictures of those and see If it looks like something will work.
Well I did not get near as much done this afternoon as I was hoping. The deck belt tension spring let loose on the 1806 while the wife was mowing. So I had to take one off the parts deck and do the deal. Then since it was off I sharpened the blades. It is all good again now. I hope.
So here are a couple picture for those of you wondering what the oven cleaner was going to do to help with the paint removal. This is the result of just a good coat of oven cleaner , 24 hours, some garden hose water, and about 5 minutes of scraping with a putty knife.

. it does not need to sit that long, 20-30 minutes is usually good, but it just worked out that it sat overnight.
I sprayed what was left again and might get to it tomorrow or Sunday. I have a busy weekend coming. My buddy called and said he has the rear mounting plate done, so I will try to get over there tomorrow to pick it up. If I do I will post some pics of it.