I agree, restoring anything can cost a ton of money and time, neither of which I have a lot of right now. Unfortunately, my 135 will be a fix it when it breaks type of project right now. I bought it to bush hog and maintain 28 acres of land we purchased with the hopes of one day restoring it to it's past glory. All the sheet metal is almost perfect and would be really easy to restore and the perkins is a great engine. Your right that it sips fuel. I mowed for about 20 hours in 2 days and only used 8 gallons, and that's with a pretty good leak at the injector pump. As for the steering, after further inspection here is what the breakdown is. The right sector shaft is bad. Supposed to be a 9 tooth gear, but the 9th tooth was broken off and down in the housing. I found it when I was cleaning it out. Both upper and lower bearings were toast. The rollers fell out of them when I took everything apart. And the worm gear/ball nut I believe is damaged as well. It has a catch in it like the grooves aren't lining up just right. Guess I'm gonna have to hit the boss up for some overtime. In the meantime I'm gonna live vicariously through Massey and watch his progress on his and hope I can learn enough for when I do start mine. And do half as good of a job as he is. Thanks for the reply's. I love to learn about new things and this site and everyone on it is awesome. I'm not new to tractors, grew up on a farm, but have never had to tear them down to this extent.