Update time.
Back in November last year, the parts trucks went to their new home in northern Missouri. Guy brought a trailer that was a little short (and a lot rotten), but with some creative stacking, they fit.
The truck continued to languish in the shop until last week where I attempted to replace all the clutch hydraulics work parts I'd bought months, maybe a year, ago. The secondary cylinder and flexi hose fit, but the primary cylinder didn't fit worth a crap. Hole pattern was spaced further apart and canted about 15°. A quick search on Rock Auto showed it to be the correct part, but obviously that's wrong. Another manufacturer has the correct looking bolt pattern and orientation, but would take a week to get. Over on the jungle site I could get the same part (for $10 more) in two days. Ordered that, a cheapy ticky tacky fuel pump, some new hose and filters.
Yesterday I was determined to get it running, spent many hours trying to get my son to help me, but he was just having terrible time understanding the complex instructions of bleeding a clutch. Gena had helped me in the past, so her help was enlisted. Five minutes later and we had a good clutch pedal. After that, I did a quick and dirty job of mounting and plumbing the new pump. After that we were ready to prime the fuel system with some new fuel, but... that cheapy pump just was not quite hardy enough. I did eventually get some fuel in the filter and enough to start it. However, the pump wouldn't keep up.
I moved it around the driveway a bit, but finally decided to put it under the carport and work on the mower. This led to a bit of a mishap. Guess what I never checked? Brakes. Ended up running the front of the truck into the front of the mower. Sadly, doing more damage to the Datsun than the Kubota.
I'll get a primary cylinder ordered for the brake system and hope that'll fix it. Otherwise, looks like a full brake rebuild is probably in order.