finished cleaning up the cutting deck on the under side it's got a few coats of oil based under coat for now top of deck will get the same ,after cleaning all the crap off it's in not bad nick , no holes anywhere no splits so no welding needed ,which is good ,got the ultrasonic cleaner works pretty good ,cleaned all the rubbish off the bolts and other small bits handy thing to have. got the new tyres and tubes for front wheels ,just waiting for the new seat to turn up.
then after finishing painting the deck and fit it back on mower it will be time to pull out the rear end .and replace all the wheel bearings