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  1. J

    Archive through June 19, 2011

    Wayne, i don't mean to but in but if i was in your shoes i would use a volt meter and check the volts at the battery and then check them with the engine runing. the volts should increase with the engine runing. if you need a good volt meter i would reccomend one from oreily's auto parts. they...
  2. J

    Archive through May 29, 2011

    Gary, click on the cub cadet parts look up at the top of the page and enter 44a in the search box and it will come right up. I like using that site to get an idea of how bad my wallet is going to get hit. it's also easier for my blood pressure to just give the person at the parts counter the...
  3. J

    Archive through May 29, 2011

    Steve, i don't mean to but in but did ya check for 12 volts on the coil with the key on and even in the crank posistion? i've seen a few switches lose power on the coil while holding it in the crank posistion but still have it with the key on. by the way that's a really nice photo you have on...
  4. J

    Archive through May 29, 2011

    Gary, all of my grease fittings on the mower deck screw in from the top like a fine threaded bolt. to my knowledge the only pressed in fittings are on the front axle spindles. i'm going to double check my decks in a few mins to make shure. as far as removel goes on the front axle i remove the...
  5. J

    Archive through May 27, 2011

    Personally i will work on valves untill i have them on the low end of the spec. i hate the tapping sound of tappets hitting the valve stem and besides that if the gap gets large then the valves won't open as far as they could and engine performance will suffer. i wish the cast iron b&s engines...
  6. J

    Archive through May 27, 2011

    no, i don't have a dial bore indicator but i did check the cylender using new rings and a feeler gauge and found it to be true and with in spec's. i keep thinking that if the rod was wrong or the piston and rings are wrong, should'nt i have found some signs of damage or wear? i don't have a way...
  7. J

    Archive through May 27, 2011

    thanks for your ideas guys. the tractor is a 71. the p.o. had a shop bore and turn the crank before i got it. the story is i bought 3 cubs just to get the 71 a few years ago. one of the cubs was a 104 with a nice window in the block. all 3 engines had been rebuilt by the same shop. since one...
  8. J

    Archive through May 27, 2011

    hi Dave. this is gettin' funny but their ain't nobody laughin' lol. yup oil hole is facing the cam, all the clips are there, like i said i tore this thing copletely appart looking to see what had been knocking and nothing has any wear marks. I'm about to beat my head against the wall but i...
  9. J

    Archive through May 27, 2011

    ok boys and girls. my 301 still sounds like some one's hitting it with a hammer but it's not constant. it's not present at idle but its real bad at mid throttle and a little less wide open. with about 5 hours on a rebuild i tore the eingine down completely and could not find a single mark inside...
  10. J

    Archive through May 27, 2011

    Thanks for your comment Melody. my engine noise was'nt constan't. sounded like a loose eninge bolt to me but from what i've learnd here i'm pretty shure it was to much camshaft endplay. I'm going to put the engine back together today and hopefully drive that bad boy out the door if i don't run...
  11. J

    Archive through May 25, 2011

    hey JB, i've had a few quiet line's that would crank one time and next time was dead. i kept finding trouble on the pto switch which is just like the red series. the trigger wire or the wire that energizes the solenoid, goes threw the pto switch first and then threw the rest of the saftys. for...
  12. J

    Archive through March 16, 2011

    thanks Tod for your advice. for some reason i never checked the cam end play and i just reinstalled the spacer that came out of the eninge. when i added another spacer with that one i had 11,000 end play and 10 was the top end. it took 3 thin spacers to get a really tight 4,000 spec is 5 to 10...
  13. J

    Archive through May 23, 2011

    thanks for your input Donald. i installed the shims on the flywheel side right where the service manual said to. The more i think about the way the gears are cut and i only had one thin shim to start out with, i bet i was hearing the cam moving back and forth. I had 11,ooo end play with 2 shims...
  14. J

    Archive through May 23, 2011

    hello Dave and thanks for responding. with a feeler gauge i have a tight 11,000 10 is the upper end of the spec and 12 won't fit. i'd say i have somthing like half a toothe maybe of play. only time i hear the noise is when i have the vavle springs on or i hold the crank and move the cam, the...
  15. J

    Archive through May 23, 2011

    i'm still having trouble with my k301, i've tried new crank bearings and made shure the cam has the right end play and i still have alot of play in the gears between the cam and crank. I'm not shure there should be any play there at all and i really dont want to put the eninge back in the...
  16. J

    Archive through March 16, 2011

    hello, i've rebuilt a 301 for a model 71. the engine runs great and is very strong but i get some strange rattle like noise when the tractor is not on a load. sounds like a loose engine mounting bolt to me insted of a rod knocking. puled it down and the only thing i can find making noise is the...
  17. J

    Archive through May 21, 2011

    hello Mick, thanks for the response. No i reused the old bearings. both bearings felt really good and smoothe and the pto side was just a thousand'th off so while building on a budget i did not replace the crankshaft bearings. maybe that slight amount of clearence is enough to make the gears not...
  18. J

    Archive through May 21, 2011

    hello, i have a k301 going into a 71, rebuilt the engine and it runs great with lots of power but was noisy like the engine was loose. almost like a knocking sound but not steady like a loos rod. tore the engine back down and could'nt find anything wrong. when i spin the engine by hand with the...
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