106, 126, 107, 127 and 147 seat:
I believe the 1x8/9 series would have had a seat like this one.
I believe the 1x8/9 series would have had a seat like this one.
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hydroharry
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Kraig - Oh Great One, Keeper of the Photos: Now where did you get that pic of the 1x8/9 seat? Would it be from a location in Mass? (The loop in the choke cable is sort of a give away)
JOEL, FRANK - Sorry, I have NO idea how the molded rubber seats for the 102, or the 122/123/1X4/1X5 were made. An educated guess would be molded foam rubber then some sort of liquid rubber sprayed onto the foam and then cured.
And Frank, thanks for the new nick-name... I'll add it to my extensive collection.
Wife & I paid a visit to the local Blain's Farm & Fleet yesterday. While I was walkng around the store on my phone talking to SON, I was looking long and hard at this seat, http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/544084-seat-solutions-universal-fold-down-seat-fits-ztrs.html#
No, not factory, but a real nice seat. And IMO, comfort & durability trumps "original" any day. All three of my CC's could use new seats, or more correctly, My two plus SON's 70.
Eight yrs ago I put one of these seats, http://www.devonstractorparts.com/product/56+series+cream+vinyl+hyd+will+work+with+mechanical+seat/171
On my #1 snow mover, most comfortable seat I own including my LazyBoy recliner. Wish it would have been on the tractor 45 yrs ago when I was running the tractor 4, to 6, to 8+ hrs a day. It's not as easy to get on/off the tractor as the old pan seat was, but once you're in the seat, you NEVER want to get out. Fold the arm rests down and relax.
The Blain's seat is a scaled down version of the Devon's white Tombstone seat, just right for a garden tractor. I think one of my trctors will get one later this spring, not sure which tractor it will go on though.
Dad took a high back seat similar to the pic's of the WF seat Kraig posted to make one of his CC's easier to get on by swinging his foot/leg over the top of the seat. I grabbed it, the OEM plastic covering of the foam was shot. I bought black Naugahyde, sewed it with Wife's sewing machine to fit the seat pan properly and stuffed some scraps of carpet pad into the seat, put the retaining molding back around the edge of the seat stamping, pulled the Naugahyde snug and trimmed the excess Naugahyde off. Worked fine but was a BIG mistake, normal cloth sewing machine makes too small of stitch, uses too small of thread, effectively cuts the naugahyde where it's sewed. Took about a year for the seam to rip completely across on the 72, but the Naugahyde is still in great shape. Also was the last time Wife's sewing machine worked right, sewing through four layers of naugahyde was more than it was designed for!
The thin plastic coated foam filled seats like my 982 had are cheaper, and do not last. There's no reinforcing fibers or cloth in the covering. It cracks when cold, foam is exposed and deteriorates. For just a little more money, get a seat with reinforced Naugahyde over the foam. With no more than most people run their CC's a Naugahyde covered seat should last 10+ yrs.
And Frank, thanks for the new nick-name... I'll add it to my extensive collection.
Wife & I paid a visit to the local Blain's Farm & Fleet yesterday. While I was walkng around the store on my phone talking to SON, I was looking long and hard at this seat, http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/544084-seat-solutions-universal-fold-down-seat-fits-ztrs.html#
No, not factory, but a real nice seat. And IMO, comfort & durability trumps "original" any day. All three of my CC's could use new seats, or more correctly, My two plus SON's 70.
Eight yrs ago I put one of these seats, http://www.devonstractorparts.com/product/56+series+cream+vinyl+hyd+will+work+with+mechanical+seat/171
On my #1 snow mover, most comfortable seat I own including my LazyBoy recliner. Wish it would have been on the tractor 45 yrs ago when I was running the tractor 4, to 6, to 8+ hrs a day. It's not as easy to get on/off the tractor as the old pan seat was, but once you're in the seat, you NEVER want to get out. Fold the arm rests down and relax.
The Blain's seat is a scaled down version of the Devon's white Tombstone seat, just right for a garden tractor. I think one of my trctors will get one later this spring, not sure which tractor it will go on though.
Dad took a high back seat similar to the pic's of the WF seat Kraig posted to make one of his CC's easier to get on by swinging his foot/leg over the top of the seat. I grabbed it, the OEM plastic covering of the foam was shot. I bought black Naugahyde, sewed it with Wife's sewing machine to fit the seat pan properly and stuffed some scraps of carpet pad into the seat, put the retaining molding back around the edge of the seat stamping, pulled the Naugahyde snug and trimmed the excess Naugahyde off. Worked fine but was a BIG mistake, normal cloth sewing machine makes too small of stitch, uses too small of thread, effectively cuts the naugahyde where it's sewed. Took about a year for the seam to rip completely across on the 72, but the Naugahyde is still in great shape. Also was the last time Wife's sewing machine worked right, sewing through four layers of naugahyde was more than it was designed for!
The thin plastic coated foam filled seats like my 982 had are cheaper, and do not last. There's no reinforcing fibers or cloth in the covering. It cracks when cold, foam is exposed and deteriorates. For just a little more money, get a seat with reinforced Naugahyde over the foam. With no more than most people run their CC's a Naugahyde covered seat should last 10+ yrs.
lpalma
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The 86,1x8 1x9 had the same seat as a 1x6 1x7 in the picture.
I remove the seat on my 123 in the winter months for fear of splitting the white vinyl and put on an old one on.
I remove the seat on my 123 in the winter months for fear of splitting the white vinyl and put on an old one on.
mpatterson
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First off, I hope everyone is getting their fill of cold weather and snow!! Just think, in July when its pushing 100 degrees, you will all be wishing you had a snow bank to play in with your Cub!
Haven't really been reading on here for the past few days. I see we are back to the debate on the forum and issues again. Frustrating - yes! Do I understand where your coming from Charlie - yes! Sell it - NO!, shut it down - NO! The knowledge alone here is beyond words. The reference material here is top notch. The negativity and the odd comments against peoples view, they can disappear. I think for the most part its pretty tame here compared to some other forums where they have to either lock the ability to post in threads or ban the member. WOW! Can't people in this world get along? Charlie, the stress you and the other moderators go through each week to run, organize, edit, and whatever all else you's do that we don't see, BIG thumbs up to you all! Thank you very much!! This forum and two others is what got me into this hobby/obsession. Now, I pretty much spend most of my time reading here, when I do got to the other forums, it usually results in me shaking my head walking away from the computer. I don't respond to many things (I don't think I do?) mostly because I don't know much!! Wouldn't call myself stupid, but I don't have much knowledge to share when it comes to this stuff. I see myself as the quiet kid in the back of the class that no one talks to and the teacher knows NOT to ask him a question cause he REALLY doesn't know! Why draw ridicule and laughter to him.
If I read this correctly, the hoods amongst other things set off the expression of thoughts and perhaps steam. Aaron's site and fabricating abilities are TOP NOTCH! I am a picky person when it comes to quality and not often buy things that are crap! I was fortunate enough to get a tool box for Christmas from my family that Aaron spent time making for an 82 series Cub. LOVE IT and hell, I don't even have it mounted or painted yet. Resonably priced, quick service and the wife said VERY nice to deal with on the phone. If you can make an impression on my wife, top marks for you. She has less patients for bull **** than Charlie does, so good for Aaron. Hell, she doesn't really understand this obsession we all have and it annoys the crap out of her that the garage is full of Cub stuff instead of her car, but she accepts it and even took the time to get something I wanted as a gift. She (without really understanding) supported a sponsor of this site and helped keep it going indirectly. I think we all should thank her as well as everyone of us who DO support the sponsors of this site. They are on piece in the puzzle that help make this site happen. I think we all know there are A LOT of CRAP sites on the web and I am sure we have all been on them and well, thats a whole lot of hours in our life we won't get back! We come to this site and often you can get the answers you need. It might take a few days, depending who is online reading and what knowledge they have to share, but it will eventually come out. I know I certainly would NOT have been able to fix the problems I have had with my Cubs without the knowlege of members like on this site. I sure as hell couldn't depend on some of the Cub dealers around here to help me out. Heck, most of them will barely give you the time of day if you ask about a tractor older than a 2010! Fools! I have been fortunate to have found one dealer that knows his **** and is thrilled to help me with these old tractors. Him being a collector of them helps out too. But you know, he's an older guy and heck he won't be around for ever, just wished he had family that was interested in what he does and learned from him. Eventually this stuff will likely disappear if we don't get younger people interested in it. I can't even get my kids interested in them, they think I am crazy as much as my wife does, but it doesn't stop me from enjoying it as long as I can.
I would have to say the pictures that people share and the knowledge is second to none and it shouldn't stop. Dennis's thread he started of old IH stuff is classic as well as many other specific threads started, they certainly open up your mind and make it a pleasant and informative read!
All I know is, I still can't understand how Charlie has the time or the energy to even turn on his computer since his fire, that shows dedication in my mind. I mean come on people, this man lost his lively hood and he is sitting here defending and justifying things on this site - WOW! Give him and the rest of us a break! The old saying, if you don't have anything good to say, then shut up! (Well, sort of an old saying)
Haven't really been reading on here for the past few days. I see we are back to the debate on the forum and issues again. Frustrating - yes! Do I understand where your coming from Charlie - yes! Sell it - NO!, shut it down - NO! The knowledge alone here is beyond words. The reference material here is top notch. The negativity and the odd comments against peoples view, they can disappear. I think for the most part its pretty tame here compared to some other forums where they have to either lock the ability to post in threads or ban the member. WOW! Can't people in this world get along? Charlie, the stress you and the other moderators go through each week to run, organize, edit, and whatever all else you's do that we don't see, BIG thumbs up to you all! Thank you very much!! This forum and two others is what got me into this hobby/obsession. Now, I pretty much spend most of my time reading here, when I do got to the other forums, it usually results in me shaking my head walking away from the computer. I don't respond to many things (I don't think I do?) mostly because I don't know much!! Wouldn't call myself stupid, but I don't have much knowledge to share when it comes to this stuff. I see myself as the quiet kid in the back of the class that no one talks to and the teacher knows NOT to ask him a question cause he REALLY doesn't know! Why draw ridicule and laughter to him.
If I read this correctly, the hoods amongst other things set off the expression of thoughts and perhaps steam. Aaron's site and fabricating abilities are TOP NOTCH! I am a picky person when it comes to quality and not often buy things that are crap! I was fortunate enough to get a tool box for Christmas from my family that Aaron spent time making for an 82 series Cub. LOVE IT and hell, I don't even have it mounted or painted yet. Resonably priced, quick service and the wife said VERY nice to deal with on the phone. If you can make an impression on my wife, top marks for you. She has less patients for bull **** than Charlie does, so good for Aaron. Hell, she doesn't really understand this obsession we all have and it annoys the crap out of her that the garage is full of Cub stuff instead of her car, but she accepts it and even took the time to get something I wanted as a gift. She (without really understanding) supported a sponsor of this site and helped keep it going indirectly. I think we all should thank her as well as everyone of us who DO support the sponsors of this site. They are on piece in the puzzle that help make this site happen. I think we all know there are A LOT of CRAP sites on the web and I am sure we have all been on them and well, thats a whole lot of hours in our life we won't get back! We come to this site and often you can get the answers you need. It might take a few days, depending who is online reading and what knowledge they have to share, but it will eventually come out. I know I certainly would NOT have been able to fix the problems I have had with my Cubs without the knowlege of members like on this site. I sure as hell couldn't depend on some of the Cub dealers around here to help me out. Heck, most of them will barely give you the time of day if you ask about a tractor older than a 2010! Fools! I have been fortunate to have found one dealer that knows his **** and is thrilled to help me with these old tractors. Him being a collector of them helps out too. But you know, he's an older guy and heck he won't be around for ever, just wished he had family that was interested in what he does and learned from him. Eventually this stuff will likely disappear if we don't get younger people interested in it. I can't even get my kids interested in them, they think I am crazy as much as my wife does, but it doesn't stop me from enjoying it as long as I can.
I would have to say the pictures that people share and the knowledge is second to none and it shouldn't stop. Dennis's thread he started of old IH stuff is classic as well as many other specific threads started, they certainly open up your mind and make it a pleasant and informative read!
All I know is, I still can't understand how Charlie has the time or the energy to even turn on his computer since his fire, that shows dedication in my mind. I mean come on people, this man lost his lively hood and he is sitting here defending and justifying things on this site - WOW! Give him and the rest of us a break! The old saying, if you don't have anything good to say, then shut up! (Well, sort of an old saying)
mpatterson
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If you "throw a rod" will the engine still continue to run with no apparent noises - untill it runs out of oil that is? Series II in an 782 is the engine I am talking about. Have not tore it appart yet, but the top of engine is covered in oil on the same side as the fuel pump, left side when bolted in the frame. Hopeing its just a gasket or seal, but not sure yet?
Mike P
I think your safe; If it threw a rod It would have made a noise and well it would be skipping and shaking now. if it still ran smooth at idle I bet your still good. I bet it is leaking oil around the fuel pump. Is that the engine that the fuel pump is mounted to the side and the newer engines had a different pump that had a block off plate. I read that somewhere
Denny
I like the seat with the arm rest . Frank was not suppose to say about the Windy lol.
I think your safe; If it threw a rod It would have made a noise and well it would be skipping and shaking now. if it still ran smooth at idle I bet your still good. I bet it is leaking oil around the fuel pump. Is that the engine that the fuel pump is mounted to the side and the newer engines had a different pump that had a block off plate. I read that somewhere
Denny
I like the seat with the arm rest . Frank was not suppose to say about the Windy lol.
