[AT] Cub

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

Cub engine was always IH built, you’ll find the IH logo on every casted part. You should  have kept the engine and fixed it up. On my Cub it cost me about $80 to get the crankshaft welded and reground to spec, and about $40 for new bearings all around. They also refinished the connecting rods to make sure they were to spec.

Only issue with welding and regrinding was that the shop I went to realized, after they did the welding, that they didn’t have a machine that could grind a crankshaft that small. They found another shop that could do it and they sent it there to get it done. Took about three weeks to get it back.

Carl


----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com>
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Sent: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:35:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [AT] Cub

A little off the subject but still about Cubs.  A few years ago I bought 
a Cub power unit from a neighbor that had been on a combine.  He let on 
that all was fine when they junked the combine. A few months later, he 
let on that something had gone wrong with a rod bearing and that they 
had tried to fix it with a piece of tin. Well, knowing this neighbor 
there is a 99 per cent chance that the crank is ruined, so I lost 
interest in trying to get it going. A few days ago as part of another 
deal a local machinery jockey saw it and I included it in the deal; he 
will part it out for some of the gears he said he can sell. The point of 
this post is I always thought the the Cub engine was IH built but he 
claims it is a Continental engine. Can anyone on the list give me the 
straight scope on the Cub engine.
           Greg Hass
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