Sometimes you get lucky & a deal comes along.
Seems like I'm useing up all my Horse hunting luck fast too with the 867, Indy 500, a parts tractor & now this C175.
I'm not a big fan of blackhoods or series one KT17 Kohlers, but at the price this was listed for I went for it.
Overall the tractor is in great shape, decent paint, fenders not broke, steerings tight, everything looked real good.
It's been sitting unused for several years, so I didn't know if or how the engine would run or if the hydro would work....it rolled pretty free?
So after looking everything over I put some gas in, put in a battery after some cranking, primeing it fired right up & runs great.
Next step...road test.
The DCL seemed to be a little sticky (probably from sitting so long)...the hydro seems plenty strong though.
I have a C160 in the shop now I'm getting ready for winter work, after it's out I'll bring in the C175 for a service & cleaning.