Archive through November 07, 2012

[kide]

Charlie: That new one defines the term "Fugly"....

 

[hydroharry]

Jeff - oh boy, you lock the blade into a fixed position? That's like crusin for a brusin. You risk throw'n yourself right over the front of the tractor. Really best to stick with floating the blade.

Charlie - glad to hear you got thru to Allen. One of my co-workers brothers lives in Lyons NJ and just got power back yesterday, and he's quite aways from the shore.

 

[digger]

Gerry I.
Your probably looking at the FIRST Cub to be parted out while in my possession.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Charlie, thank you for the update on Allen.

Hydro, I had a chance this evening to inspect the drive shaft on my QA42. Looks like the shims that I installed back in November of 2000 have prevented further wear of the cast aluminum part. I installed them on each side of the sprocket and on the drive shaft side of the cast aluminum part. I'd post a photo of it but it's so covered in grease I'd be embarrassed for anyone to see it.

 

[hydroharry]

Kraig - Oh Great One, Keeper of the Photos - come'on now!!! When you're talking about the chain drive sprocket and mount, if you can't see grease all over it then it ain't got enough, and the drive shaft for that matter. And even more so, the chain should be throwing oil all over. It's the way it's designed. I think the manual even tells you to grease it before each use. Lets see the pics!!!!! We got to many people on here that need to make sure their throwers are set up right - and snow is a'comin!! I ain't gonna be nit picky and tell you your cotter pins ain't twisted enough - but I sure will advise you to make sure the set screws are tight on both ends of the drive shaft. I already mentioned it to Joseph S. For some reason IH had the drive shaft designed so the set screw goes against the shaft instead of the key in the keyway. Every thrower I picked up had loose set screws, and I've got a gearbox shaft now with a ring cut all the way around from a loose set screw (but I can still use it). Lets have those pics (pretty please

 

[mhomrighausen]

Thank You to all on the feedback about keeping either the 125 or the 147. Hopefully the weather clears up enough so that I can do a llittle Cub work outside.

Charlie P. A BIG THANK YOU on being able to give us an update on Allen S.

Off to work. Everyone have a wonderful day. There is actual frost on everything this morning. Gotta let Red (4x4 Dakota) warm up a little.

 

[dfrisk]

JEFF B. - You didn't say what scrap yard you went to but hopefully they don't have a RIVERSIDE PRODUCTS rotor in their shredder mill and that Cub Cadet tears up the rotor and saves itself. I worked for Riverside back in the late 1980's for 5-6 yrs. Their rotors were in 70% of the shredder mills in the whole country back then. Bet I could sit down at a typewriter and type up the PO to machine and assemble a rotor in the same time I did 25 yrs ago. We shipped four rotors in ONE day back in 1989 when I was still there. Just the four rotors was over 1/3 of a Million Dollars, plus there were 5 semi-truck loads of wear parts shipped that same day. The co. almost hired me an armed guard to take the deposit to the bank a few days. I'd been there when they had only $200,000 shipping MONTHS, and we had a Million Dollar shipping day that day. Not bad for a company with only about 18-20 people.

ANYHOW, plan for today is to mow/mulch the leaves w/982, then put it to bed for the winter, then get the 72 hooked to the aerator for tomorrow.

 

[jbaker]

Dennis It was Joseph Berh Recycling in Freeport, not sure if they where there when you where around and they are out on rt. 75.

Both Brian and I could not believe someone would drop off a good cub like that, it even had the battery still hooked up and some fuel in the tank, wish I had my camera.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Hydro, here's the photos with notes as to where I installed the shims.

 

[dfrisk]

JEFF - Yes, Joseph Behr was a customer, not sure they had a shredder mill back them. We also made shear knives and knife seats for baler/shredders too along with several MANY other things for shredder mills & shears.

I remember a "Salvage/Recycling Yard" (can't call them junk yards anymore) out on Rt 75 east towards the old Thermos plant where I worked, but I don't think Behr owned it back then. I lived west of town about half way to Pearl City so ran thru beautiful downtown Freeport every day.

Seriously, Freeport IS a very nice place to live.

SON is parting-out his '93 F150 Lightning p/u and made a post on their website about it and had dozens of calls for all kinds of parts from all over the country, some really strange stuff, like a passenger side sun visor, or the special molded plastic license plate bracket off the rear tube bumper. Small stuff easily but NOT cheaply shipped anymore. One thing he sold for $50 cost $27 to ship! But the bigger stuff like the steering gearbox, leaf springs, etc he didn't sell because the buyer wouldn't pick them up. He actually found a guy about 30 miles away who would have taken the whole truck except SON needs the frame & cab. Guy was making a Lightning clone out of an F150. And SON's making a "Pro-Street FARM truck" out of the Lightning. But he's sold 1000# of scrap off it for $75 so far. Plus he's sold over $1000 worth of parts minus about $200 shipping.

The scrap market isn't great right now, but a lot of people need the money.

ANYHOW.... Off to get some seat time!

 

[hydroharry]

Kraig - Oh Great One, Keeper of the Photos - hey thanks for posting the pics AND for marking where you installed the shims. I'm hoping others on here pick up on installing shims on each side of the small chain sprocket to avoid cutting into that cast (aluminum?) mounting bracket where the needle bearings are located, and also keep the small sprocket in alignment with the auger sprocket. Yours is looking good. (and by the way, you could inadvertently spill some oil on that chain).
Thanks for posting them Kraig.

Jeff and Dennis - please, no more - I won't be able to post for a month if I hear anymore about Scrappers

 

[kmcconaughey]

Hydro, I'll be adding the oil on the chain soon... I grease the bearings before each use, always have per my father's instruction. Dad taught me well. Same goes for the mower spindle bearings, they get grease before each use too.

 

[dtanner]

Kraig McConaughey "Keeper of the Photos"

I would try some a marine pill block bearing grease . I have a small bag here that I use on anything affected by water ,It would hold fast in salt water on the big fish draggers that I sailed on when I was younger lol. It is hard to get off anything.

Other good news is ,

I did finish up on the 129 loader.

 

[jjsmith]

I think after all this talk about set screws on snowthrower driveshafts, I'm going to pull mine off and drill&tap for another set screw over the keyway on each end. Sounds like a do-able mod to keep it on there tight and not destroy anything?

 

[aschumacher]

Hi everyone, I'm back <font size="-2">kind of.</font> Power came back last nite just after talking to Charlie, and internet came up at lunch today.
My thanks to everyone that was checking on me and family. A special thanks to Charlie that kept trying to call till he got thru to us. No damage to my property but a 'leaner' tree that will have to come down some day. More later with some pix in the Hurricane section of the Sand Box. Allen+Barbara

 

[kmcconaughey]

Allen, good to see you post! Glad to hear that you didn't have any damage to your property.

 

[bjamison]

Quick question:

I'm a bit confused about the engine in my 109 - if it's original or something else that's been shoe horned into the tractor. I am pretty sure it's original - but...

The dipstick comes vertically up from the block, not at an angle near the frame that I see on other IHCC's. When I see pics of other IHCC engines with the angle dipstick configuration, I don't know that they are a 109 like mine or a 108.

There's a craigslist add for a 108 and if you look at one of the pictures, it shows the dipstick side of the engine and it looks exactly like mine.

Question is - is this how the 10 hp engines were in the 108/109 series tractors or is that not the correct engine either?

 

[digger]

Here's the pic Bill is referring to.

 

[rrschmitt]

Bill,

If I remember right, K241's don't have grenade gears, so the vertical dipstick on the right side can be used. K301, K321 and K341's have the balance gears which prevents having the vertical dipstick on the right side.

 

[hydroharry]

Ron - I had heard before that the dip stick is in the cam cover because of the balance gears, but there are alot of K301 engines with the dip stick thru the top of the flat part of the block along side the cylinder wall. I do think it can only be located thru this top area when that version of the engine does not have the balance gears. Also, there are several K321 and K341 blocks that have the tube thru the right side of the block, right along side the top spot, but they are AQS versions with balance gears, so they cannot use the cam cover style because of the side panels, and they don't have the S/G requirement so there is room along the right side of the block. I don't recall seeing a K241 with the dip stick out the left side as part of the cam cover.

Bill - I suspect your engine is original. I don't recall seeing a K241 with a dip stick out the cam cover.