Archive through November 15, 2011

[wshytle]

I think I'll start asking if I may remove the tunnel cover before future wf purchases. This doesn't look to be a beginners repair though and those lines aren't cheap. This is what I found on the newest 149.

You can barely see where the safety switch lever had been rubbing the driveshaft and I mean for a while. I bet it made a nice sound for years. The groove is a good 1/16 inch deep. So much for the fan which is usually the case as well.

 

[jcabral]

I ordered a replacement piston rod and got one that had the oil pick up longer than the stock version. I am running out of time to get this cub together so I cut off the excess oil pick up and used the rod. I think it will be ok, any opinions on this, my time to work on the cub is limited so yes I am cutting corners. The picture shows how much I cut off.http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy26/jrc2905/007.jpg

 

[mhomrighausen]

Johon C. I know of a young man that did just that a few years back to a 100 engine. Although it ran he said the engine sure vibrated like crazy. I lost track of him and never did hear if the engine lasted.

Off to work... Everyone have a wonderful day... It is COLD out this morning.

 

[mgonitzke]

John C.-

As long as the length remaining is the same as the length of the dipper on the correct rod, it should be ok.

I hope you filed/sanded the end of it smooth to match the original tip.

 

[dfrisk]

JOHN - When I rebuilt my K241 back in 1985 the oil finger on the rod was too long also. I carefully measured the length I had to cut off, then cut it off and sanded it smooth like the original contour so the tip just barely cleared the bottom of the pan by maybe .005 inches without the pan gasket installed.

That engine ran 1400 hours with no unusual vibrations, and some of those hours were completely WIDE OPEN mowing foot tall grass, blowing deep snow, etc. as well as attending about six plow days. When SON & I pulled that engine apart the rod & crank journal looked find, other than the crank journal was now worn to the point of needing to be ground .010" U/S.

I actually looked at fitting the length of the finger as an advantage, when I was sitting WAY over on the fender mowing steep slopes I knew the oil finger was trying to get hold of ANY liquid oil that was on the floor of the pan.

 

[jcabral]

I cut the oil finger after I installed the crank because I did not know it was too long until I tried to turn the engine over by hand. I think I will open it up again and use some emery cloth to smooth out the tip for balance, I had ground the tip. I think it will be fine. I think the way the oil finger works is that it creates a vacuum as it moves though the oil and then oil follows the vacuum and is pulled up.

 

[tstewart]

Lonnie, thanks for the pics. I know I have seen a few of them before. That top one (the 100) looks really farm tractor-esque. And even though I have never had a narrow frame one of my fav's has to be the 1x2/3's like your third pic down (does that say 107 on the side?) reminds me of the ford N series with the big skinny wheels up front. I'd like to do something similar to that, with 5 lug spindle conversions and 12" rims up front, but with something wider on the back like 26x12x12. I would think without going too crazy on height (26") that the 12" wide tires would bring the stability back to roughly stock. I know my 25x10x12 rears on my wood hauler has done great in the woods in the hills and valleys, but the fronts are just stock size V61's.

Ah what the heck sounds like a good reason to post up my past and present wood hauler again:

Oh and its too big for the forum directly but I was having fun and took a full blown multi-photo panoramic: http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac235/kc2ebm/cub_cadet/222_cub1_1200e.jpg

It does pretty well but I need a bigger cart! From that spot in the woods its a good 5 minute drive at least to get to as close as I can bring the truck. Takes as long to transport the wood than it does to cut it! And I need one that puts more weight on the hitch, not these crappy plastic dump carts that when going uphill want to dump themselves. So thinking about building a custom trailer, maybe this winter even. I'll post more about that later maybe in a different section.

 

[jcabral]

Here are some before and after pics of the rod cap.
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy26/jrc2905/001-1.jpg
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy26/jrc2905/002-1.jpg

 

[dfrisk]

TRISTAN - Yes, you certainly could use a bigger cart. If you have a lot of really rough ground I'd suggest a walking tandem axle design. They make trailers much easier to pull over rough soft terrain. And the load rides much smoother. Bigger diameter tires also help a lot.

I have a Pronovost P-503. it's the third one down on this page, http://www.pronovost.qc.ca/remhra.html. The one right above it, the Puma 347AGT is the same cart, if you notice the tandems are set WAY to the back of the chassis. I pull my trailer with a bar bolted to my Cat O to sleeve hitch adapter on the Cat 0 3-pt on my 982 and when I get close to the cart's 3000# gross capacity the frt wheels of the 982 tend to leave the ground because of the weight bearing down on the 3-pt.

Not sure you should or could pull a trailer that large in your conditions but I suspect you could sure pull something larger than what you have now.

 

[wshytle]

Tristan-

I don't know what species of wood you deal with most but if it will split easy enough with a maul you can really make the most of the trailer space. I know it sounds like a lot of work but it makes the wood lighter as well when loading. I usually take the maul with me just for that reason. I can bring about two wheelbarrow loads at a time with this little trailer and it's ready to stack. This load actually came from the hydraulic splitter but last year I had three trees about 5 or 600 yards down in the woods and all of the wood came out ready to stack.

Another thing that might help would be wheel weights. This 124 with the 23-8.50s does just fine. All of the others I use have 10.50s but I'm not climbing hills of any great angle either. Trailers of this style are on cl all of the time with some at a good deal. This trailer holds all I want to deal with and stops pretty well fully loaded as seen. It's a homemade trailer made ok but I need to do a few mods. It has a few weak spots in the design. I picked it up from the guy I bought my 109 from last year for $50. I think the color sold me.

Good luck working your wood.

 

[bpientka]

Built this trailer a few years ago. Roughly 3 ft wide and 5 ft long. I can fit three rows of wood in the trailer. With dry wood (like the picture) I can stack it as high as I can go but green wood I can't go much higher than the trailer edge. Key feature is the large wheels they roll over everything. I had two bent rims from my wife's ford escort. With a hole saw I enlarged the center opening of the rim and it match perfectly with a 4 lug boat trailer hub. Stopped at the local garage and they had two used tires for free. Also note the location of the axle. When it is loaded lots of weight goes onto the back of the tractor. Total expense of the trailer around $100. Tractor pulls it ok on dry ground even up some good slopes but when the woods get wet the leaves and roots get slippery. Do run it sometimes with chains and that helps.

 

[lbuttke]

Tristan.

Yes its is a 107 and whats left of it sits out back un used as I have far to little time to keep them all up and running. The 107 dont have the tall rear tires any more as they where sold.
Spare parts

 

[ajohnston]

 

[bnolte]

Wayne,
It looks like you might be in the market for some tube bending and flaring tools, like they use to make brake and fuel lines. Donald T. probably has what you need.

 

[ajohnston]

Who the freak make my post go away!

 

[wshytle]

Bruce-

I have the bending and flaring tools and now maybe 5 flare nuts for a future attempts at making one or two of these lines. It would be a first for me. I also have a line on where to get some nice replacement lines alltogether.

 

[ralbert]

Adam,

I'm guessing the Rule's Maker or the Rules Supervisors.....I think I would have worded my question a little differently.

Good luck !!!

 

[ajohnston]

I have a question for you guys. I have heard in the past that IH made 10 cubs for 10 people. For some reason these people all won them somehow. The weird thing is that not anyone has any pics or really knows the real story. The other weird thing is that these people all worked on the factory line. Anyone know anything about this? Just wondering

 

[digger]

Adam J.
That would have been me.
Not pickin on you in particular, Classified ads by anyone always get poofed.

Under Edit,
I dunno who told ya that cock and bull story, but I wouldn't loose to much sleep over finding out the info.

UNLESS, you know something I don't.

 

[dtanner]

Bruce Nolte

You were paying attention lol. I did post a picture of the tube bending pliers that I bought a wile back. I leant them to the guys that are installing the hard lines on my 129 loader.They are slick to use to get nice bends without a mess. I hope to have pictures of the loader soon!

Bernie Pientka


Is that your 1512 Diesel hauling that load of fire wood ? Charlie always

mine when I post a picture of it on the main form. Or do you have some kind of drag that I don`t ?? .