<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Mark. I probably sound like I'm being very careful and objective, which is partly true, but there is an emotional component, and yes this one is already mine except for the payment. (Go back and check Dean Vinson's posts about "the one that got away" - thanks Dean!)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Agreed 100%, seals probably are 70 years old. I will have to be on the lookout for clues going forward, but it seems altogether possible it's never been rebuilt. No real need to go look at it again; implying, I suppose, that it was wiped down prior to my visit? The current owner simply doesn't seem like that kind of guy. And it's a long ride. Yes, I would say there's a chance that the oil I see on the pan is pan gasket rather than rear-main. My luck never ever goes that way, and I'm mentally prepared to be splitting it some day. BTDT on my previous Cub. It would be nice to get a few seasons of use mowing with it and maybe defer that kind of work for "retirement".... not that I have any real idea when I'm retiring (I'm 58 right now). PTO wear... someone else on the list directed my attention to it, and sure enough it's loose, so that told me this is a common trouble spot. I won't know whether damage is pulley, or shaft, or a little of both until I get into it. But, if it IS a common trouble spot, it is known where to expect to find the damage. Just not by me.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the comments, much appreciated!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">SO<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 1:47 PM Mark Johnson <<a href="mailto:markjohnson100@centurylink.net">markjohnson100@centurylink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Steve:</p>
<p>I think we all recognize that oil seals on 70 year old equipment
are questionable at the very best. It might be interesting to go
look at it again in a few days and see if any of those leaks are
'progressing' in serious ways, provided you can do so without
annoying the current owner. If the front main seal is good, that's
a good sign. Is there any chance that some of the leakage toward
the back of the engine could be oil pan rather than the rear main
seal? My experience with engines of all types has been that oil
pans (and oil pressure sending units) are more problematic than
main seals...although my school bus driver had a rear main seal
fail...he got the seal fixed right away, but a couple of weeks
later, we were about 2 miles out of town on the highway when the
crankshaft broke with a mighty rumble. Fortunately, there were 3
buses that ran together for the first few miles out of town, so
Joe didn't have to get hold of the school or parents - would have
been tough in 1972 with no 2-way radio in the buses and no cell
phones. We crammed into the other 2 buses and everybody got home.
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<p>Compression, clutch, and brakes all seem to be on the positive
side. Is the PTO wear on the tractor's shaft splines, or is it on
the attached pulley on the mower? Lots less work if it's on the
pulley!<br>
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<p>If anyone can provide this Cub with a good home, I'd say it would
be you, or someone like you!</p>
Mark J<br>
Columbia, MO
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<div>On 7/5/2020 10:46 AM, Stephen Offiler
wrote:<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.
True?</div>
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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>
<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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<div>SO</div>
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