[Farmall] Question about those #@$^$$# Cubs

[Bigdog]

Chuck,
    The early cubs (47 - 49) were long eared dashes and hoods.  Around 1950 (I think) they went to the short eared set-up and stayed that way for the remainder of production.  They did not switch back and forth and it had nothing to do with hydraulics.  There were a couple of configurations of the short ear dash but they were compatible with each other.
    The 53 is definitely a short ear dash and tank.  Since you have a long eared hood and tank, you could get a long eared dash to go with it.  It would be cheaper, but not correct (If that matters to you).

Bigdog
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck 
  To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:47 PM
  Subject: [Farmall] Question about those #@$^$$# Cubs


  Last summer I bought a 1953 Cub, I have been working on it as time permits,
  I had to replace the

  Gas tank an hood since someone was to lazy to take it off an cut it instead.
  (from what I have

  Seen this must happen to a lot of them).  Question I have is why is there
  difference between

  The gas tanks an rear support on Cubs. I have looked in the parts book,
  owners manual, on

  Line an see that even though the year may change there are long an short
  hoods an rear

  Support brackets thought out the years they were made. I  thought that maybe
  because

  It had hyd., there would be a difference, not so, I find as before with the
  age, a tractor with

  Or without hyd. makes no difference to the size of the tank an support
  bracket.  Can anyone

  Please tell me why there is a long an a short tank an bracket to match. With
  every thing I do

  I seem to sometimes go the wrong direction, I bought a new used tank,
  sanded, cleaned,

  Primed, the tank I bought, then it happened. I matched the bracket to the
  tank an I saw what

  Was to be a big problem, the old tank was a short tank an support bracket an
  the tank I

  Bought is a long, ugh. So as the old story goes an is part of my learning
  curve I now know

  More about Cubs.   

   

   
  Chuck 

   

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