aHi Ahab
Thanks for the welcome. This seems to be a pretty active community. I have been reading through the back posts. There is a lot to try and digest. I bought it through the GovPlanet Auction, and have not actually seen it yet. Maybe I am crazy to take the risk, but I believe that with time and sweat I can get it sorted out. One of the early posts compared it to a Swiss Army knife for its versatility and that is what attracted me to it in the first place.
I have downloaded the manuals, and have read parts of some of them as my attention span allows. It looks like the parts availability is fairly good based on web searches on part numbers. The batteries are dead of course, do you or anyone else have recommendations for replacement.
The solenoid seems to be toast, and I will need to replace belts, hoses, fluids etc. The control panel is not functional, and the master cylinder is said to be soft. So those are some obvious places to get busy with. Given that I am starting from a blank slate, what advice would y'all give me for what to look for and what to hit first?
Ron