Nice lookin' honest ol' girl! As far as the brakes...it all depends on how bad things have gotten; those discs have a bad reputation, and if not kept up to snuff they can be next to useless! BUT: like a 6 volt electrical system, if you keep 'em snuffed they work great. I usually start by just lookin', take the drum off, if things aren't all grooved and scored up, use a little 2" grinder with a scotch brite pad on it to clean the metal friction surface on the inside of the drum, the pull off the discs and if there is lotsa material soak them good w/brake parts cleaner and set 'em aside. Then take the actuator which consists of 2 plates held together by springs apart, there will be 3 balls sitting in cavities with a ramp on one side of the cavity. clean all the surfaces well, use the scotch brite to polish the balls and ramps real well, then use some graphite powder to lube the balls and ramps good (not liquid), if the springs are good reassemble. then clean the inside metal friction surface which will still be screwed to the tractor with the scotch brite. also clean and polish the brake shafts real well in the grooves and on the sides and tops of the teeth with the scotch brite. Also visually inspect the teeth for chips and gouges...if you have those then nothing you can do will help except replacing the shafts with good ones, because the discs will grab and tip and not slide uniformly on the shaft. If all looks well then reassemble and try 'em. If they work, plan on at least an anuual dissassembly and cleaning, and make sure if they are out in a heavy rain (always replace the rubber boots) you ride them lightly when ya first get on her after the rain, to dry em out. If they don't work, then I would take bothe the drum, and the inside ring to a machine shop to have the friction surfaces re surfaced, make sure you have the shop remove a corosponding amount of material ( I usually take just a tad more off) the inner edge of the drum. You should be fine!
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