
I have a friend of mine that wants to gift me a rather nice JD Model A, 1946 Vintage... he invited me down to try it out, drive it around and see what it was all about, but when I go there, it wouldn't turn over. Its been sitting for years after a full restoration, and after digging into it, and pulling the flywheel cover off, it drained out about a gallon or more of water. All of this water gathered in the cover and into the starter and totally rusted the thing out. I can understand the starter not working then, but shouldn't the flywheel turn by hand? Well, it wouldn't. I don't know a thing about these to start to know what to do next.. and didn't much have any interested until he said "want to come back and just take it home? It's a gift.. I have no time for this anymore", so now I'm sorta curious. I don't really need a two ton lawn ornament, but.. for the price of gas, I'm tempted. Any ideas?