[AT] Cub - Update

Mon Jul 6 02:58:14 PDT 2020

OK Dean, we all know the problem - Cubs are the wrong color!

SO

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 9:28 PM <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> I've owned and partially restored a couple 48 cubs. One has been sold the
> other is still here. The Cub that I sold seemed to be leaking at every
> bearing and I patiently replaced every one with complete success including
> the front main bearing. There were two things that game me fits.  One was
> the fasteners holding on the tin.   It been a few years but I believe the
> smallest fastener is a #10 screw.  There wasn't a single tin fastener that
> didn't twist off. Again with the patience of a Saint I got them all out and
> replaced.   But I swore "never again".  I suspect that is why I have never
> finished the second one which actually is in better shape than the first.
> The other was the bad radiators.  4 bad ones but I successfully repaired
> one. Need to buy a replacement for the second one.  Needless to say, I
> don't like them much. Many years ago  I got one of my JD Garden Tractors
> stuck in the front yard.  Aha, a good job for the Cub. All it would do was
> spin its tires. Had to go get a real tractor to get it out. BTW, My wife
> thinks Cubs are cute.  😊
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> rbrooks at hvc.rr.com
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>
> Steve
> Sounds like a solid tractor for Good price, especially for the northeast!
>
> Bob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 5, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> 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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