I finally made the time to pull the engine out of this thing. It was a big pain in the butt to get the drive clutch off of it. It took me half an hour or 45 minutes. I had to hit it with PB blaster then work it back and forth with a pry bar and a dead blow. It had been on there about 15-20 years.

I am toying with the idea of taking the 23hp kohler off of my welder and putting it on the Max until I scratch up the money to rebuild the Kubota D722. At least then I would be able to use it this winter.