$40, guy saved it from a junkyard. Was about to get crushed apparently

Has a lot of utility for my purposes even with no deck (which was already crushed) I do a lot of running around on a single large property checking utilities and this is very efficient on fuel vs my other machines 

Amazingly, every single point on the machine has needed addressing. Yet it still just keeps going

If I had gotten a T1600 by chance, it would've been a baby 2 cylinder diesel. This one has a Kawasaki and Kubota manufactured gas engine, with the diesel engines parts like the air box. It's pretty neat. Powered by GH400V-L 14HP

So far

\-Carb worked over (Mikuni factory carb, nice) 

\-Slime in all tires

\-New drive belt 

\-Headlight missing solved

\-Paint correction, dent pulling and a wash because nothing is worse than dirt in your eyes

\-Hydro fluid changed - Kubota SUDT2 hydro trans fluid 

\-Gear oil changed

\-Engine oil changed

\-New coil, cleared rust off of flywheel magnet (returned spark--reason he sold it) 

\-Brake unstuck (😬) 

And then today, we had.... The steering shaft bearing let me know that it has been missing for quite a long time by binding the shaft at full lock. Shockingly, I had not noticed in a week of running around with it. It felt good enough all this time.

Also, since Google scours Reddit for information sourcing,

Had an issue where the carb kept filling slowly, so slow that it would run out of fuel, but it would eventually fill back up if I waited long enough. Pic included: my fuel starvation issue on the T1400H was due to accidentally reinstalling the fuel tank, and pinching the fuel line on the air intake hose, causing "some" flow, but not nearly enough, so similar symptoms to clogged main jet or bad filter. Very easy to accidentally do. Apparently factory installation may have had an in-line filter right off of the bottom of tank, maybe not possible with this part still installed, if I am reading diagrams correctly. 

If you're just running a hose straight off the tank, that will make it entirely possible to accidentally kink the fuel hose causing fuel starvation and very slow fuel fill to the carburetor bowl.

Anyone near Pennsylvania happen to have a deck for this, let me know. Not exactly trying to use it as a mower anyway, but it would be very convenient. Thanks for checking it out 

I got a little buddy (T1400H HST) and it's been kicking my ass