[AT] Cub - Update

[Cecil Bearden]

Steve:  Get some corn picker grease for the steering ger and it will be 
fine.  Also called 00 grease for Hesston rotary mower conditioners.  I 
have a 617 New Holland mower that will burn up a bearing if I don't use 
that grease..
Cecil

On 7/5/2020 10:46 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> Yesterday, I traveled over to take a look at this Cub that's still 
> trying to find its way into my barn.  I brought along a checklist that 
> I put together from all the inputs from helpful ATIS folks who 
> responded to my previous Cub note.
>
> Starting off with the things that might be trouble spots. Front 
> bolster freeze crack.  See attached pic.  Now if that's not a repair, 
> I don't know what is.  It is holding fine.  The drain pan under the 
> front axle (if you recall the image I attached in the previous note) 
> is there to catch fluid from a leaking steering gear.  In general, it 
> seems to be having minor issues holding on to all of its lubricants.  
> Steering gear is really the only thing warranting a catch pan, but 
> it's just a little weepy pretty much everywhere - with the possible 
> exception of the front main seal which is dry as near as I can tell.  
> Damp around the whole hydraulic pump, oil pan/rear main, shifter, PTO.
>
> I was also warned about the PTO pulley, and indeed it is rather loose 
> on the PTO shaft.  I could use a bit more detail, but I am assuming 
> it's a spot worth mentioning because the shaft gets abused and the 
> only decent fix is replacement. True?
>
> On the upsides.  No cracks/damage in areas others mentioned:  front 
> spindles, cylinder head, front ears on block.  Good compression 
> judging by feel from hand crank. Pulled plugs, all four nice and even, 
> tan/gray.  Engine oil is down towards low on dipstick, but OK, and it 
> looks clean-ish, "normal" for partly used motor oil.  No evidence the 
> hydraulic pump is dumping fluid into the crankcase.  Did not attempt 
> to start it up.  I can feel clutch engagement point by rocking it, 
> seems OK.  Ditto both brakes.
>
> S/N is 101886 which I have not run down yet but sure to find it is a 
> 1950 based on the casting date codes (one Nov '49 and two others Feb '50)
>
> I think I mentioned previously the owner hit a rock with it.  I 
> learned a bit more.  It's a prominent rock in the field he used to 
> mow, and he sheepishly admitted he knew exactly where that rock was, 
> and can't really explain how it happened.  He was age 79 at that time 
> (3 years ago) and afterward his wife decided he didn't need to mow 
> that field any more.  The flywheel guard for the mower is bent in a 
> way that's consistent with hitting a rock of a certain size.  If I 
> understood correctly (owner has a fairly heavy German accent) the 
> tractor might have actually been perched atop said rock with one or 
> more wheels off the ground, which is really what got his wife's 
> attention.  She's German too, and he said her answer was "NEIN".  He's 
> in no great rush to sell, but he also has zero interest in dealing 
> with tire-kickers and scam-artists on Craigslist, and he's quite 
> well-off, isn't looking for a sucker to give him top dollar.  More 
> along the lines of finding a good home for it.
>
> I am pretty sure I can get it in the neighborhood of $1200 which is on 
> the low side relative to the ranges we've been talking about, and 
> really quite low here in the Northeast where for whatever reason the 
> Cub value are a bit higher.  So it's really just a matter of closing 
> the deal and hooking up the borrowed trailer and making the 150 mile 
> round trip.
>
> SO
>
>
>
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