ok so after getting on tonight and reading traditional farmers post it confirmed what I was thinking to ..dad has a long 550 and this is almost to a t the same tractor..perhaps a diff engine but trans and pto and handbrake setup along with the hood but not the grill and different fenders...the good..started up quick when pulled did smoke some blue at the beginning but cleared up...has one cyl not quite right as was missing intermitantly...not terrible but noticeable...pwr steering works great all gears good clutch not to bad but does slip when in high gear and brakes applied...loader action is fast and has a separate pto pump that runs it..with the pto stub shaft still open for use..it must slide over the shaft and is bolted to the housing?...don't know but loader doesn't work if pto is off...3pt hitch will raise if no load but if a guy is holding it down it wont go up..but once up it will hold said guy at that stopping point so I don't know what to think there...hyd fluid coming out of the remote is very milky so could be fluid and a filter fix or something worse...so that's what I have to report and am on the fence about it...thanks for listening