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<p>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.. <br>
Cecil<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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)</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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