1970 147

[BHAM]

Bought a 147 last week with mower deck and front blade. It needs piston rings and a few other small things I can fix myself. I have a large collection of old John Deere garden tractors and I’m new to cub cadets. Any information I should know about them?

 

[mfrade]

Everything (pretty much) you'll want to know can be found here. Should be required reading!
http://cubfaq.com/
I meant to link this one! Cub Cadet FAQ

 

[BHAM]

Everything (pretty much) you'll want to know can be found here. Should be required reading!
http://cubfaq.com/
I meant to link this one! Cub Cadet FAQ

Thank you. That will help me when I replace the wiring harness. There is one issue that it did not mention and I will create a different thread on to see if anyone else has experienced it.

 

[dschwandt]

For starters, You now have one of the last model narrow frame Cubs built and the 1st model Cub to use the 14HP engine as well.

 

[BHAM]

When you start it, it will start revving up and it keeps revving untill it is WIDE open not full throttle. Completely wide open. I have the motor off because I am putting piston rings in. Has anyone else had this issue?

 

[jbratton]

Throttle linkage or governor is broke? Never had that issue.
The 147 came with the electric lift. Alot of those electric lifts would stop working and the owner would replace it with a manual lift.

 

[BHAM]

Throttle linkage or governor is broke? Never had that issue.
The 147 came with the electric lift. Alot of those electric lifts would stop working and the owner would replace it with a manual lift.

Interesting fact about the lift. I adjusted the linkage many times. I looked at the govenor and it seems fine. The govenor spring would be my last guess.

 

[mfrade]

Since you probably have it apart by now. I'd say replace the governor with a new one. Don't know the age and hours of the old (maybe original?) one. Cheap insurance policy and then carefully set the adjustment by the book upon re-assembly. After all these years it may have just come out of adjustment or perhaps a previous owner tried and failed to "adjust"?