[AT] Cub - Update

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Steve
Sounds like a solid tractor for Good price, especially for the northeast!

Bob

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> On Jul 5, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.  
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> 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)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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