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- Jim Storma
At the beginning of this month I received a text at work with this picture.
He asked me if I'd be interested in a 1282. I said sure! Tell me a bit about it and what they want for it. He said he'd get back to me a little later.
He text me later and said it's from an estate that the family was cleaning up. No one wanted it and if I want it, I need to come get it. It's as is and nothing is known about it or how long it sat. They just asked that it be restored and used. I told them I think I can handle that. So my friend helped me load it up after I got my brothers trailer and hauled it home. They found the side panels in a shed, the owners manual along with two repair manuals and they went with. Couldn't find the mower deck for it though.
Past few weeks I've been playing around with it and looking it over here and there. The battery was marked 2018 and figured it was shot, but decided to pull it and put the trickle charger on it. It showed it had a bit of charge in it so I left it sit for a week. Engine had oil in it and turned over by hand. The trans had oil in it but was barely touching the dip stick. Found out it had a broken brake caliper mount. Tires were all flat. Side walls on the rears are cracked pretty bad. Fronts not as bad. Put air in them to the proper PSI and shockingly they are still holding a few weeks later.
Thought I'd put the battery back in and see if it would turn over. Solenoid clicked and nothing more. Changed out the B&S solenoid with a good used CC and tried again. This time it turned right over. Sprayed a little starting fluid in the carb to see if it would pop off and nothing. Checked the spark plug, no spark. Checked for voltage at the coil and there was voltage. Pulled off the point cover and found the points were black. A little sand paper and we had spark. Put it all back together and tried again with a little starting fluid and it popped off. Next thing I did was drain the old gas out of the system and removed the float bowl. Some built up crud in there and cleaned it out with carb/choke cleaner. Needle was stuck so I removed the float and pulled the needle out. Had to clean that up too. Put the needle and float back in. Put fresh fuel in the tank removed the fuel line to the carburetor and cranked it over. The fuel pump was pumping and I let it pump until I thought the old fuel was out. Re-installed the fuel line and cranked it over for a bit and pop! pop! pop! it was running on it's own. charge indicator showed it was charging the battery. Even after a few weeks the battery was still holding a charge.
During this time, I bought a replacement caliper mount and added fluid to the transmission.
Today I replaced the broken caliper mount and got it running and moved it around the hydro seemed a bit jerky. The PTO did not engage with the switch and the lights did not go on with the custom installed switch I thought was for the lights. PTO coil and lights do work after using a jumper wire to the PTO electrical plug an to one of the terminals on the lights.
Began the start of the cleaning process today as well. Spraying down and removing oil and grime. After removing the tunnel cover and the gear shift handle cover I cleaned the hydro as best I could with the garden hose. After cleaning and restarting I found the right had side check valve was leaking, hench that is why the fluid was low. It's hard to see in the picture but there is definitely something not right about the trunion. No springs and a big glob of weld.
There are quite a few customizations to this cub. There is an interesting terminal block behind the gas tank with a lot of electrical connections, a under hood horn, custom foot treads, and a nice beefy hitch on the back.
Looks like I'm going to need a lot of parts!
He asked me if I'd be interested in a 1282. I said sure! Tell me a bit about it and what they want for it. He said he'd get back to me a little later.
He text me later and said it's from an estate that the family was cleaning up. No one wanted it and if I want it, I need to come get it. It's as is and nothing is known about it or how long it sat. They just asked that it be restored and used. I told them I think I can handle that. So my friend helped me load it up after I got my brothers trailer and hauled it home. They found the side panels in a shed, the owners manual along with two repair manuals and they went with. Couldn't find the mower deck for it though.
Past few weeks I've been playing around with it and looking it over here and there. The battery was marked 2018 and figured it was shot, but decided to pull it and put the trickle charger on it. It showed it had a bit of charge in it so I left it sit for a week. Engine had oil in it and turned over by hand. The trans had oil in it but was barely touching the dip stick. Found out it had a broken brake caliper mount. Tires were all flat. Side walls on the rears are cracked pretty bad. Fronts not as bad. Put air in them to the proper PSI and shockingly they are still holding a few weeks later.
Thought I'd put the battery back in and see if it would turn over. Solenoid clicked and nothing more. Changed out the B&S solenoid with a good used CC and tried again. This time it turned right over. Sprayed a little starting fluid in the carb to see if it would pop off and nothing. Checked the spark plug, no spark. Checked for voltage at the coil and there was voltage. Pulled off the point cover and found the points were black. A little sand paper and we had spark. Put it all back together and tried again with a little starting fluid and it popped off. Next thing I did was drain the old gas out of the system and removed the float bowl. Some built up crud in there and cleaned it out with carb/choke cleaner. Needle was stuck so I removed the float and pulled the needle out. Had to clean that up too. Put the needle and float back in. Put fresh fuel in the tank removed the fuel line to the carburetor and cranked it over. The fuel pump was pumping and I let it pump until I thought the old fuel was out. Re-installed the fuel line and cranked it over for a bit and pop! pop! pop! it was running on it's own. charge indicator showed it was charging the battery. Even after a few weeks the battery was still holding a charge.
During this time, I bought a replacement caliper mount and added fluid to the transmission.
Today I replaced the broken caliper mount and got it running and moved it around the hydro seemed a bit jerky. The PTO did not engage with the switch and the lights did not go on with the custom installed switch I thought was for the lights. PTO coil and lights do work after using a jumper wire to the PTO electrical plug an to one of the terminals on the lights.
Began the start of the cleaning process today as well. Spraying down and removing oil and grime. After removing the tunnel cover and the gear shift handle cover I cleaned the hydro as best I could with the garden hose. After cleaning and restarting I found the right had side check valve was leaking, hench that is why the fluid was low. It's hard to see in the picture but there is definitely something not right about the trunion. No springs and a big glob of weld.
There are quite a few customizations to this cub. There is an interesting terminal block behind the gas tank with a lot of electrical connections, a under hood horn, custom foot treads, and a nice beefy hitch on the back.
Looks like I'm going to need a lot of parts!
There were two spring pins in the rock arm assembly (I believe these should be coiled pins). I punched those out easily with a roll pin punch and used a rod on the clutch/brake side and started to drive the rock shaft out. To my surprise that was not rusted in as well and after removal it all looked really good. I almost wonder if it was replaced at some point....
I have no idea what it is for. Way too many connections and a few different types of plug ends. Hopefully I can get a refund on this. Back to searching.
