Good news! I took off all the junk around the brake rod. It seems like it was just some home made rust protection put on by a PO. Cheers to that, because he/she didn't care elsewhere...guess you kinda need brakes though.
Cleaned the inside of the clutch area today. Happy that I was able to take it apart and put it together with minor struggle. Thanks youtube (and that awesome sticky). The black part that goes in the middle of the pulley passed the clean test, as it slipped right out after I flipped it over.
and yes! I was able to get the
roll cage off! Didn't have to break the bolt, or spend money on any other chemicals...went straight to the blow torch and smaller wrench size (I had to hammer the d**m thing into place). The Dingo looks pretty bad*** without the cage.
Still pretty clueless as to what a key stock is. Can you identify it in any of the pics I uploaded below? I'm pretty sure all the pieces from the driver pulley are there.
Tomorrow I'll continue with cleaning/sanding the roll cage, now that it is finally off. And maybe sand the pulley area with a wire brush tool like this one:
http://www.harborfreight.com/media/...ab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_9346.jpg