For right now, if it's running, I would not do anything to it but check the fluid levels and check the gear cases for water.
Do just enough to know nothing is going to be damaged from running it.
Then get you a note pad, carry it with you while you use it. Start making a list of everything you find that needs attention. Watch for leaks, note noises, oil pressure, coolant temperature and loss, clutch and brake operation, steering, transmission in all gears, electrical, just give it a good workout.
Typical problems you will find; rusty gas tank, radiator problems, water in the gear cases, bad wiring, any number of age related deterioration problems that haven't already been addressed.
But don't get discouraged, they are simple field serviceable machines.
Order a shop manual, start reading it. Familiarize yourself with it, get into the mindset of the designers. Then this winter you will have a good idea what all needs to be done. If you do have to go into it, you can do it once and done, no putting it back together only to find another problem.
Stay in touch. Document your progress with some photos. Ask all the questions you want, we like to help keep them out of the scrap yard!
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