I am starting my first restoration project and its a 1200 cub with a 38 in deck. I have been using the tractor for 2 years now and seems to be sound. I purchased the tractor from Craigslist and the guy supposedly just overhauled the eng. Got it home and mowed with it for 10 min and the eng started knocking. I tore it down and found the rod bolts had backed off and ruined the rod. Cleaned the crank up and put a new rod in. I thought i had got burnt on the purchase but its still running and it still has a stil has a slight rattle but has not goten worse in the 2 years ive owned it. Today i installed a creeper drive. Surprisingly that was easy to install. Any pointers ot tips on restoring would be appreciated. I will try to post pics as soon as possible.
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Bryan, hang in there. Its a beautiful Sunday in many places and people are out and about. Others will get back to you soon.
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Bryan, Can you post a nice picture of that dealer sticker in the base of ops thread in the sand box...
that looks cool
And a nice unit for resto with the creeper drive
that looks cool
And a nice unit for resto with the creeper drive
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Bryan K. From the looks of the tractor I'd just dress it up a little bit with some touch up work. I don't remember ever seeing one that nice with the hood trim piece on it still. That is one very nice and original 1200. Great find.
i just purchased this tractor yesterday. it was only 2 hours away and it had an intersting story behind it. the man i got it from got it from the local water treatment plant who purchased the tractor new. they used it to mow up until last year when it started to smoke. they used it for 43 years to mow the grounds before they decided to get rid of it. i started it this morning and tried it out. the tractor runs great and mows even better other than a little smoke its still a very usable tractor. it also has several new parts. will have to figure out why it smokes.
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Nice find Bryan- It's always cool to know the back story behind these Cubs. It never ceases to amaze me how durable these tractors really are. 40 plus years of commercial use, lets see a modern GT do that!
Bryan, Most CC dealers will have the paint. I saved a 126 from a junk yard and it smoked real bad. I ran a little MM oil in the gas and oil and it seemed to clean it up a little. Now it just smokes on start up. Probaly needs rings. Thats a project for another day.
Before I can start on my 1200 I have to get the 126 running well enough to use. Today I removed the eng and tore it down. I found that the oil ring had collapsed and the eng has been bored 0.010". The rod is ok but looks like it has some sort of foil on the rod cap mateing surfaces,have no clue what thats about. There is also no markings on the rod to indicate standard or under sized will have to mic. the journal. ready to hone and clean and order parts.
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