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    782 Restore paint

    Well, your deck must be almond and it actually looks nice. Are the tractor hood, grill housing and side panels all original 935 white?
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    782 Restore paint

    Well, I'm thinking Rust-Oleum Antique White is a bit closer to the original color. Almond seems a little to dark.
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Well, interesting question about the bean counters. I actually don't think so. At the time the 50A deck was built (1974-80) IH was in one of it's best production periods (at least as I understand it for the famous Quiet Line Series tractors. I don't know what else IH was building. If I...
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Wow - there's apparently a lot of difference in the recommended maintenance. My first and go to tractor was a 1450 with a 50A deck. This is a Quiet Line tractor and the next 14hp Hydro tractor after your 149. I worked on and restored a lot of tractors over the years but my 1450 was the around...
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    I must have missed that question. I think it's best to open it up for an answer and opinion from everyone that wants to respond. I doubt you can really over grease them. For myself I think I only ever grease them at the start of the season and at the end of the season when I really cleaned...
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Be interesting to see if the liquid steel pc-7 holds up to the deck vibration.
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    Proud New Owner of a 1973 Cub Cadet 149

    That's not my picture. It's stolen from the CC Specialties website. Please don't tell anyone. :-) Maybe someone has a bowl and they can post a pic.
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    Proud New Owner of a 1973 Cub Cadet 149

    One other thing I should have mentioned. The float bowls pit over time and start leaking - which could be the problem with your Dad's 147 carb. CC Specialties sells a new Kohler replacement bowl. Here's a pick and it's listed on his Fuel and Tune-up page.
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    One other thing I forgot to mention. Those lined tires as you call them are generally referred to as "ribbed" tires. Jim Chabot found a brand new pair of Goodyears for his 169. Another of his amazing feats, since they just don't exist. I have a pair of Carlisle on my 169, which are somewhat...
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    CC Specialties.org is owned by Charlie Proctor, aka Digger. He knows exactly what deck fits your 149. If you want to use a 44" or 50" newer style IH deck you will need an updated mule drive. The mule drive pulleys will have a slight angle to direct the belt towards the center deck pulley...
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Don't know what happened to the delete function but can't find it to remove this duplication.
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Jim Chabot retired and sold off most of his collection. Sold his home in the pics and built another (and when I say built, he did his own work, including the home in the pics and the museum bldg. and the new home). Last I knew he still has one of the pre-production Original's. Don't believe...
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Used are pretty plentiful. New decks just don't exist (except the NOS one now that I said that). Spindles I believe are still available. Check the CC Specialties website.
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    Proud New Owner of a 1973 Cub Cadet 149

    Hahaha - well, that linked 149 looks like a runner. Pretty fast and all (just not sure how far it will really go 😕). It does have brackets for a vinyl snow cab. Doesn't mention if that still exists. The seat might be slightly better than yours (slightly) and it does have the slightly newer...
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    Proud New Owner of a 1973 Cub Cadet 149

    Thanks for posting that. I know I had seen it on the back covers, but I don't actually remember reading it.
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    Proud New Owner of a 1973 Cub Cadet 149

    Yes, they would be the same. I would like to know which carb number is on the 147. Is it a No.30 used on the later K321 14hp. Is it possibly a No.28 which I didn't think was used on a Cub Cadet Kohler (I believe it was on a Wheelhorse 14hp).
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    Newly Acquired 149: Modified Deck

    Wow wow wow!!!! You even show the loft. Jim never would disclose how he got the tractors up there. And I couldn't keep looking up because of a crink in the neck. Your last pic is of his 125. That was the tractor in the window that he walked by on his way to school (at least according to as...
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    Mower Deck

    But it is a 50" deck not 54". Maybe the outside dimensions are close to 54" but blade tip to blade tip it's gonna be 50"
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    Proud New Owner of a 1973 Cub Cadet 149

    Wow - sounds like the carb has never been opened. That's pretty amazing. Now, the question becomes which Kohler needle and seat kit do you need (they come with the gaskets). The K321A in your Dad's 147 was a first for 14hp in a Cub and it's somewhat different from yours. You certainly have...
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    Mower Deck

    You posted under Lawn Tractors and Quiet Line tractors are Garden Tractors. To answer your question, IH (not CCC) built the Quiet Line series. I don't know of any 54" decks at that time. The model number you posted seems to identify a 50" deck but I checked my CPE-2 Parts Catalog and it...
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