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I hate to be blunt and negative, but, you are looking at a lot of frustration and expense if you try to renovate that thing. I used a 14T for years and they were frustrating when they worked properly. After sitting and rusting for 20 years its only good for scrap or maybe a few parts. You can bet that almost all bushings, bearings, roller chains, are froze with rust. I see empty holes in a couple of places that should have grease serks. The 14T has a lot of parts that is interchangable with the 24T. Find a working 24T and salvage parts from this one. I would really hate to see someone waste their time and money trying to get that one in operation.

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If you had access to someone that knows JD 14 T inside and out, I'd say go ahead and tackle it.
For many years, i ran an IH baler that was perfectly timed and properly adjusted, but the first two bales at the start of each day, wouldn't tie correctly. Thn it would bale flawlessly all day, unless you changed gears or just put in the clutch (had live power so that shouldn't have been an issue). I learned to just keep going slow even in thin spots and it ran fine. But I spent a lot of time and money keeping it knotting correctly.
Bought a 24 T, nerer model, but similar to that JD 14 of yours. I had it in the barn and threw flakes of old hay into it to see that it was knotting correctly. Finally got it right.
When the day came to bale, I pulled it out to the field and it wouldn't knot at all. Well, when the hay is ready to bale, you don't have time to tinker or worse yet go order some parts from some far away JD warehouse. There was no mechanical reason it wouldn't bale. Eventually, it just started baling and I've only had minimal adjustments.
Older balers have a harder time with plastic twine, so at least start off with fresh, good quility sisel twine.

If you get real lucky the guy greased it right before he parked it there. It doesn't look so bad for 20 years unless the underside is sunk into the ground and too rotted .... like the lower part of the pickup.

I say its your call if you need a project