Archive through June 18, 2013

[fcurrier]

Glen: Maybe your friend messed with it while it was in his shed hoping you'd get frusterated and sell it to him? Is it that slick 149 in your profile? I'm guessing an issue caused by water. However, just how gunky is your gas tank? Readjusting the points should rule out a moisture issue there. I've had a loose condensor (not getting good ground) give me fits.

 

[rvanmersbergen]

Thanks Charlie, that answered my question.

 

[jstorma]

Brian,

Glad to help. I order the heli-coils from mcmaster.com

 

[mschutz]

Can someone explain the difference in all the different tiller #'s. I can get one and the serial # plate says International but I can't make out any serial #'s. All I can make out is U1111. Thanks in advance. It says International Cadet across the back. I believe it is a 1A.

 

[hydroharry]

David C - I still haven't decided what I might want to do, may just do the seal.

Frank - my bet guess on the ACE oil would be Pennzoil since that appears to be the only other brand they sell. Now, about the tail light bases, those numbers sound correct, but I'm afraid to remove my lenses to verify since the dang things tend to crack with age. Did you find that 85.5 belt? There aren't as many 50 decks around.

Glen C - wasn't long ago someone on here had very similar symptoms as yours. He ended up figuring out his condensor was wired to the wrong side of the coil. I still say you gotta check and set your timing with a timing light. You didn't say if you increased or decreased your point gap to get to .018 but you could try going just a little more in the same direction to see if it improves more. Could be your little points push rod has flattened out and needs replacing. You also need to make sure your governor is set correctly. Maybe the clamp on the rod has slipped just slightly and you're not getting full governor control.

Melody - ole Charlie is probably cutting ZZZZZ's right now, but if you're lucky he might just pipe in and tell you some differences in the tillers. About the only thing I can tell you is the Model 1 and 1A are listed together in the CPE-2 Parts Catalog and it states the Model 1 was built 1966-71 and the 1A built 1971-74. All the parts for these 2 models are listed together except the right angle gear box. It shows the Model 1 gets the gear box that has 3 mounting tabs for bolting it to the mounting bracket, and the box itself has that die cast cover with the fill plug. The Model 1A has the gear box with 4 mounting tabs and the box that has the IH stamped cover with no fill plug. The other parts internal to the gear box all seem to be the same. They both show they use the same 30 tooth and 20 tooth gears, giving you a 3:2 ratio.
Then there is another section for the Model 2 and 2B tillers listing them together and showing most all the parts being all the same. The Model 2 is noted as being built from 1974-80 and the 2B from 1980-Since (to the end of IH I guess). It's intersting the right angle gear box for the 2 and 2B has all the same parts as the Model 1A gear box. Then when you get to the other parts of the tillers there are a couple areas where they show the belt pulley being different between a Model 2 and 2B depending on the drive belt being used from the PTO on the tractor, but other than that the 2 and 2B are basically identical.
Hope this helps you. Best I can say from this is if you are looking at a tiller with a 3 tab mount gear box it's a Model 1, and if the gear box is a 4 tab mount it could be a Model 1A, 2 or 2B. You could try looking at the pics of the housing and chain guard in the Cub Cadet parts lookup link above. I think the 1 and 1A have some differences in appearance from the 2 and 2B.
(Under Edit - I just looked at the parts look up and they really don't provide you pictures of the 1 and 1A, and those of the Model 2 don't really show well).

 

[fcurrier]

Glen: I woke up at midnight thinking carburetor float adjustment. Tractor on trailer plus bump? It's something simple.
Andy and I mowed 2.7 hours yesterday and thought he'd run out of gas (he's been getting over 3 hours on a tankful, but it was heavy mowing). To make a long story short the high speed needle had backed itself out about 1/2 turn.
Have a great First Day of Summer, Everyone!!

P.S. Harry: I fit a 84" to it and ordered a 85". 84 works OK but I wonder about too much tension against spindle bearings??? The ACE 30 weight is SL Service.

 

[cellis]

I had my son pull and refresh the starter in the 782 (as in clean it up and grease). He did so but didn't have the experience to know if parts were junk. It had been starting very poorly and after he put it all back together, would not start at all.

After trying everything I could think of to get the tractor to start, I finally pulled off all the cowlings again and pulled the starter. Took the two long bolts out and pulled off the cover...and the bakelite housings for the brushes sorta just fell out in pieces.

I think I found the problem...

 

[cellis]

I don't suppose it's possible to buy brushes and carrier housing for them...is it?

Anyone tried to rebuild a starter?

 

[digger]

Melody S.
It's easier to say that a #1 had the option of adding tines to one or both sides and the #2 comes fully loaded!

Harry B.
No ZZZZZ's for a while last night, the storms buzzed through and dumped 3.5" of rain in 4 waves.
Needless to say the internet went out at 9:00 P.M. and didn't come back till 3:00 A.M., so it was a long night.

 

[digger]