Don't feel bad Scott, I'm probably one of the younger fellas on here at 24 and I've had to ask many a dumb question myself. I'd love to know all that the older guys on here do and be able to fabricate stuff like they can. Most all I know is either common sense or self taught.
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Matt S., if you can weld or have a friend that can, look here
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Okay and for my for my next trick I shall ask.....Why is it when I put my snow blade down all the way it doesnt sit level on the ground? It almost seems as though the muley sub frame is tweaked a little maybe twisted or am I just plain ole nuts? I dont weigh enough to sort of tweak it the other way, any good ideas??
Scott, most likely the sub frame is bent but an easy thing to check is the air pressure in your tires, be sure to check front and back.
Charlie, I checked with my brother and he says the player works but it might need a new belt, oh and I checked it is the correct type player!
Charlie, I checked with my brother and he says the player works but it might need a new belt, oh and I checked it is the correct type player!
Scott S. the FAQ is a never ending repair manual for all of us. A lot of tricks and good repair tips are finding a home there a bit at a time. In the years of this forum ---someone--- has fixed everything about a cub. When we are luckey they share with the rest of us. I know that Charlie sometimes thinks that NOONE reads it ---we are happy it it there. Someday somthing of yours might just get there.
Jerry, did you break the forum?
Keith, if you don't like Jerry's cat's I could send you one or two. This one likes Cubs.
Keith, if you don't like Jerry's cat's I could send you one or two. This one likes Cubs.
TODD H. - Not sure of the exact year but those wheel weights were deemed "NLA" sometime in the early 1980's. IH had iron foundries, LOTS of them actually...MTD/CCC didn't. The new weights are/were the plastic covered concrete or shot-filled variety I think.
Several years ago I investigated having a pattern made, something cheap, like a 2-on pine pattern to make a couple hundred castings. I figured I could make a template and drill the bolt holes myself on my drill press. Heck, maybe even prime & paint them. By the time I paid for the pattern, bought the castings, hauled them home from the foundry 70-80 miles away, spent 10-15 minutes cleaning the casting flash & drilling the mounting holes they were going to cost very close to what I can get them from sponsors or swap meets for.
Of the six sets of weights I have only three are IH weights, and I think one of those are "copies". If I need more weight I'll buy a sheet of quarter to half-inch thick steel plate and burn them out with the plasma cutter. Steel's heavier than CI anyhow. I'd make them smaller in OD also so they sit inside the rim, not on the outer edge. Guy I bought My QA-36 snow blower from over 25 yrs ago had over 100# of steel completely inside the rear wheels of His 982 with room for more. His neatest thing was His home-made cat O 3-point mounted rear snow blower He built for that 982.
Several years ago I investigated having a pattern made, something cheap, like a 2-on pine pattern to make a couple hundred castings. I figured I could make a template and drill the bolt holes myself on my drill press. Heck, maybe even prime & paint them. By the time I paid for the pattern, bought the castings, hauled them home from the foundry 70-80 miles away, spent 10-15 minutes cleaning the casting flash & drilling the mounting holes they were going to cost very close to what I can get them from sponsors or swap meets for.
Of the six sets of weights I have only three are IH weights, and I think one of those are "copies". If I need more weight I'll buy a sheet of quarter to half-inch thick steel plate and burn them out with the plasma cutter. Steel's heavier than CI anyhow. I'd make them smaller in OD also so they sit inside the rim, not on the outer edge. Guy I bought My QA-36 snow blower from over 25 yrs ago had over 100# of steel completely inside the rear wheels of His 982 with room for more. His neatest thing was His home-made cat O 3-point mounted rear snow blower He built for that 982.
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Pretty sure I don't need any cats, even if they like Cubs. My schnauzer would have a fit if I brought one home. Don't get me wrong, I like cats, but just don't want to mess with one. My wife really doesn't like them anyway.
I worked on the 100 steering last night. I just need to pull the whole column out and rebuild it. I think the cam follower is actually bent or something. It wouldn't screw out or in very well. The only reason I started messing with it was because I found the jam nut for the cam follower in the yard a while back.
I might as well get to learning how to rebuild the steering box as I think my 1450 needs it too.
I worked on the 100 steering last night. I just need to pull the whole column out and rebuild it. I think the cam follower is actually bent or something. It wouldn't screw out or in very well. The only reason I started messing with it was because I found the jam nut for the cam follower in the yard a while back.
I might as well get to learning how to rebuild the steering box as I think my 1450 needs it too.
Denny,
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Yeah, I know it's long past being able to get photos of it.
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His neatest thing was His home-made cat O 3-point mounted rear snow blower He built for that 982.<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>
Yeah, I know it's long past being able to get photos of it.
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I know you guys know of these, but thought I'd remind everyone. I've not seen them in person, nor are connected in any way.
http://www.highridgetractorparts.com/sale_weights.html
http://www.highridgetractorparts.com/sale_weights.html
KRAIG - I deserve the scoulding for teasing You like that. Even if I had a picture it would be a paper picture, not digital.
The blower was about 45-48 inches wide, two impellers and discharge chutes chained togther with roller chain so they both blew in the same direction. Impellers were about 20-24 inches in diameter so the thing was just a bit over 2 feet tall. It worked well enough He was selling the QA-36 off His 1450 which He'd modified to fit the WF, which I had to modify BACK to fit the NF 72. He also had a home-made snow blade on the front of the 982 He raised/lowered with the aux. hyd. remotes.
He was a Supervisor at IH East Moline Plant and His Wife worked at a heavy steel fabrication shop in Kewaunee, IL. and He could "Raid" the fab. shop's scrap hopper so steel was cheap but time was in short supply....the blower & blade weren't painted, kinda like most of My creations.
The blower was about 45-48 inches wide, two impellers and discharge chutes chained togther with roller chain so they both blew in the same direction. Impellers were about 20-24 inches in diameter so the thing was just a bit over 2 feet tall. It worked well enough He was selling the QA-36 off His 1450 which He'd modified to fit the WF, which I had to modify BACK to fit the NF 72. He also had a home-made snow blade on the front of the 982 He raised/lowered with the aux. hyd. remotes.
He was a Supervisor at IH East Moline Plant and His Wife worked at a heavy steel fabrication shop in Kewaunee, IL. and He could "Raid" the fab. shop's scrap hopper so steel was cheap but time was in short supply....the blower & blade weren't painted, kinda like most of My creations.
Denny, hmmm, sounds kinda like the one that Travis (I think it was Travis anyway) had for sale many years ago....
I figure that we're gonna have a nasty winter, so I snagged another cab for the blade tractor. Can't just have one ya know.
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Scott S. and Matthew S.,
Don't feel bad about asking questions and learning these tough little tractors. I am a little older than you guys (34) and have been around Cubs my entire life. Dad still has the 149 that he bought when I was 4. I have been helping him work on his, and now I have my own, a 1450, that he has been helping me with. I rely on the information from the guys on here and Dad since every Cub has its own "personality" and all are a little different. We all have made mistakes (or at least I know I have) and it is good to share the "what not to do" along with the "what to do". We are glad we have found this site and I have learned something almost every day reading the forum. I agree also, I would love to have the talent to build some of the things that I have seen on here, but some days I feel lucky that I can keep something that is almost as old (1450) or older than (149) me running and mowing circles around all the new "better" mowers. Don't give up, working on a Cub is ALWAYS better than using a push mower and a shovel.
Don't feel bad about asking questions and learning these tough little tractors. I am a little older than you guys (34) and have been around Cubs my entire life. Dad still has the 149 that he bought when I was 4. I have been helping him work on his, and now I have my own, a 1450, that he has been helping me with. I rely on the information from the guys on here and Dad since every Cub has its own "personality" and all are a little different. We all have made mistakes (or at least I know I have) and it is good to share the "what not to do" along with the "what to do". We are glad we have found this site and I have learned something almost every day reading the forum. I agree also, I would love to have the talent to build some of the things that I have seen on here, but some days I feel lucky that I can keep something that is almost as old (1450) or older than (149) me running and mowing circles around all the new "better" mowers. Don't give up, working on a Cub is ALWAYS better than using a push mower and a shovel.
