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  1. Colton Stevens

    Narrow Frame Clutch Shimming

    So you shimmed your main spring or your teaser? I made a shim for the teaser, and I havent tried it yet but honestly I think it is just going to make the clutch fail to disengage fully since it is taking up all the slack between the friction plate and the teaser spring. I examined the teaser and...
  2. Colton Stevens

    Narrow Frame Clutch Shimming

    So my teaser spring flops around when the pedal is pushed down. Not sure if any has broken off of it or not. I am looking at the diagrams online right now, am I understanding it correctly if I say the clutch can only apply as much pressure as the teaser spring will apply, since it is between the...
  3. Colton Stevens

    Narrow Frame Clutch Shimming

    Is there any way to shim the clutch pressure spring, in order to provide more clamping force? My 71 is starting to really slip starting off in 2nd and 3rd. Living on a very very tight budget right now and I need it to keep mowing for a while before I can afford to get a new clutch. I have...
  4. Colton Stevens

    Smoking Coil

    Mine says "use with external resister" on the side. It is from a 72 Dodge van. As other's mentioned, Dodge used external ballast resistors going to the coil. It absolutely "should" have an external resistor in line. I think mine is an oil filled one, maybe that is why it has lasted this long...
  5. Colton Stevens

    Smoking Coil

    So I have been running mine with an automotive 12v coil without a resistor for a while now. It definitely gets hot but never smokes. I know that it "needs" it, and I know it can damage the points, but I also know it makes more power this way. Hot rodders the resistor out often to make better...
  6. Colton Stevens

    Cub 71/122=712

    I've posted some about this tractor in the past but I wanted to update and document some of the things I've done to it. It is a cub 71 with a k301a from a 122, along with 122 stickers placed over the 71 stickers. Both sets have faded now, resulting in something like 712 lol. It sat for around...
  7. Colton Stevens

    Cub 71 questions

    I have a 71 with a k301a installed. It looks like it mated pretty well with stock equipment.
  8. Colton Stevens

    USPS SUCKS!!

    The only political divisiveness I am interested in is the "gear drive vs. hydro" debate!! And I am definitely a stubborn, one sided, completely polarized gear drive supporter, and nobody can tell me otherwise!!! 😁
  9. Colton Stevens

    Manual PTO upgrades, modifications

    Yeah so it is definitely slipping the clutch. I have no idea why. All the clutch components are from a new clutch repair kit from cc, I used the adjustment tool. I adjusted it to factory specs, and even tighter than that. Engine does not stall under any circumstances. It barely changes tone when...
  10. Colton Stevens

    Manual PTO upgrades, modifications

    Thanks everyone, I will do some closer observation to 100% verify whether it is a belt or pto slippage issue. I imagine 1/2 belt in a 3/8 pully could maybe even cause it to bund a little and have too much friction, causing unnecessary load and consequently, pto slippage?
  11. Colton Stevens

    Manual PTO upgrades, modifications

    Update: Brother remembers it being a 1/2 in width by 81 in. He said it needs an 81.5 but they only had 81 and 82, so it is a little tricky putting it on. Either way, unless that width seems incorrect to y'all, I can't imagine it would be the problem.
  12. Colton Stevens

    Manual PTO upgrades, modifications

    The tensioner on the deck, for the spindle belts does properly tension. I am able to grab it by hand and release the tension and remove the belt without tools however. It feels pretty tight to me but definitely not as tight as like a serpentine belt tensioner on a car. I do notice it rapidly...
  13. Colton Stevens

    Manual PTO upgrades, modifications

    I have a 1966 ih cub 71. It has a 12 hp kohler from a 122. I recently got it running and operating for the first time in 30 years. I bought a 38 inch deck from a wide frame, and modified the mule drive and hangar system to work with a narrow frame. Everything is going very well. Worked out most...
  14. Colton Stevens

    Unknown Cub Cadet With Problems

    Not sure if any of you are still following this thread, but I have updates. I finally got back around to working on this tractor because I now have a need for it. Our newer plastic POS cub cadet with a kohler 27 has a cracked block, and we need to mow soon. I pulled this tractor out of it's...
  15. Colton Stevens

    Unknown Cub Cadet With Problems

    I agree. They look much better than the squares IMO.
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