[geunther]

Yeah, I actually drove it quite regularly. Once I cleaned out the tank and rebuilt the carburetor, I have not had any issues. So, it was a dilemma whether or not to pull the engine as it was running fine.

However, the engine and tranny leaked so I wanted to get that corrected. There does not appear to be any sludge build up, except for very slight at the bottom of the oil pan as you would suspect because that never really gets drained out.

Transmission oil was bright red with only a slight dark film on the pan. The tranny pan is a factory unit with the drain plug so I suspect that led to frequent fluid changes being far less messy.