I am following this thread - just bought a 1987 LT-4WD and I am sure it needs some of the same fixes / maintenance.
On mine I put a new battery in and the electric start worked great. However, there's no brake lever/master cylinder for the front brakes and the brake line is just dangling. So I will try to sort that out first.
Back brake works fine - except the rear tires are totally bald so I've been doing a bit of drifting when going downhill on packed dirt 😂
Anybody know a good split CV boot that works on these? Both of mine are split in half...