gsenterfitt
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- Geary Senterfitt
I am new here and saw a post from July of this year-07.
My neighbor had a 1989 Cub Cadet 1872 with only 523 hours and rear PTO and lift. He became ill and passed away this past Febuary. He had always liked my two John Deere 430's and I had been mowing his two acres since his illness-at no charge. He had told me his 1872 had a blown hydraulic transmission. It had been parked under an outside shed since 1991. His wife and son gave me the 1872 after his death and said he wanted me to have it. This past summer I took it next door to my garage and draind and cleaned the tank and got it running. The carb was not correct. I purchased a new carb for it and it ran fine. I then found a broken hydraulic hose and purched another hose. It all seemed to work fine. I then repainted it and re did all the Saban 60 deck before painting it as well. Last month I started it and the wiring harness behind the key switch started smoking and the key switch would no longer turn. I replaced the key switch and paid close attention to the wiring and key switch. It cranks fine but the wiring still gets hot and I have to turn it off before it would fry itself or anything. I got my VOLT OHM meter and went to work. I found a white wire that leaves the key switch and reads to ground. I then did a search and the 1872 factory prints I have found do not list every componet,especially the rectifier in the circuit I found. The white wire goes to a rectifier and then two wires go to the alternator. I unplugged the regulator and the problem ground cleared at the key switch. I was thinking it was the regulator but then I tested both leads to the alternator and both of these two leads each read zero resistance to ground. I then did a search on the Cub Cadet site and found a drawing that looks basically the same as for my 1872. Is this correct? Can you provide information or input concerning my problem and is there a history of this type problem? Any input or information, especially a detaIed drawing of a 1872 that shows all PTO's, regulator,reverse switch,etc in detail would be greatly appreciated along with any input or where I should ALSO CHECK. I AM IN HOPES THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP SOMEONE KNOWLEDGABLE OF THIS PROBLEM. My diret email is [email protected] in case I do not get the navigation of this post results down. I am very new to this site, altho I am registered as gsenterfitt. Respectfully, Geary Senterfitt
My neighbor had a 1989 Cub Cadet 1872 with only 523 hours and rear PTO and lift. He became ill and passed away this past Febuary. He had always liked my two John Deere 430's and I had been mowing his two acres since his illness-at no charge. He had told me his 1872 had a blown hydraulic transmission. It had been parked under an outside shed since 1991. His wife and son gave me the 1872 after his death and said he wanted me to have it. This past summer I took it next door to my garage and draind and cleaned the tank and got it running. The carb was not correct. I purchased a new carb for it and it ran fine. I then found a broken hydraulic hose and purched another hose. It all seemed to work fine. I then repainted it and re did all the Saban 60 deck before painting it as well. Last month I started it and the wiring harness behind the key switch started smoking and the key switch would no longer turn. I replaced the key switch and paid close attention to the wiring and key switch. It cranks fine but the wiring still gets hot and I have to turn it off before it would fry itself or anything. I got my VOLT OHM meter and went to work. I found a white wire that leaves the key switch and reads to ground. I then did a search and the 1872 factory prints I have found do not list every componet,especially the rectifier in the circuit I found. The white wire goes to a rectifier and then two wires go to the alternator. I unplugged the regulator and the problem ground cleared at the key switch. I was thinking it was the regulator but then I tested both leads to the alternator and both of these two leads each read zero resistance to ground. I then did a search on the Cub Cadet site and found a drawing that looks basically the same as for my 1872. Is this correct? Can you provide information or input concerning my problem and is there a history of this type problem? Any input or information, especially a detaIed drawing of a 1872 that shows all PTO's, regulator,reverse switch,etc in detail would be greatly appreciated along with any input or where I should ALSO CHECK. I AM IN HOPES THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP SOMEONE KNOWLEDGABLE OF THIS PROBLEM. My diret email is [email protected] in case I do not get the navigation of this post results down. I am very new to this site, altho I am registered as gsenterfitt. Respectfully, Geary Senterfitt
