Hi Guys, I'm new to this forum and basically joined because I am having trouble with my 127 Hydrostatic and need some help. Please
I posted this last night in the "lawn" section and I was informed that that is not the right place so I'm reposting it here with a few additions.
I've been into IHs for quite a while and have several Scout 80s and 800s so a Cub Cadet seemed to make sense.
I bought the 127 about 10 years ago from a local dealer with the idea that it would be a good tractor to push and pull dead vehicles around with since it had the hydrostatic drive. At least that is what the guy said.
It's not perfect but it's pretty complete and clean. It's a nice little tractor. I did use it to cut some grass a few times but it has always been too temperamental to get started to make it very useful to actually get any real work done so I never made the push guard or even tried to pull a vehicle with it. It was always less work to get something else to do the job than try and start it.
I'm getting ready to move my shop AGAIN and will once again need something to push and pull non running vehicles inside a building for loading.
Before I bought something else I thought I would give the little guy one last try to see if it can be reliable enough to get more use out of than decoration.
When we were dealing with the tractor right after I bought it, it seems we replaces a bunch of stuff to try and get it to run and the guy at the dealer said it always worked for him but it almost never worked for me. I went through several batteries over time until I just gave up and parked it. I am used to getting hard to start older vehicles started but I either lack the gene for CubCadets or there is still something amiss.
I am also toying with the idea of making it a "race tractor" but I'm not sure if this is a good platform for that kind of project. Maybe pulling tractor would be more appropriate as someone pointed out but tooling around the neighborhood at high speeds sounds more appealing. Opinions?
Since it has been a while since we did the work I can't remember all that was done. Seems like all new ignition parts and perhaps a new carburetor and maybe a new head gasket if not a head. I thought we covered all bases but it has just never started right. Are they all this difficult? Any ideas off the cuff with so little to go on?
> Some suggestions that were provided in the lawn section were to make sure the battery and the gas is good and that it is getting fuel. I did all that of course as well as check the spark. I haven't tried to start it this time around and it has been sitting for 8 years so I'm sure it will need another battery and before I spent any money on it I wanted some advice. Like I said, I have a lot of experience with working on older vehicles and I have never run into anything that I couldn't make run well and can usually start thing that most others can't. Except this
When I first bought the tractor I had trouble from day one and took it back to the dealer 3 times. Each time he would replace some more stuff and say it started perfectly for him. I'd take it home and start if a couple of times without too much difficultly and then it would become temperamental again so I would take it back. He would replace something else we hadn't addressed yet and say the same thing that for him it started perfectly. Eventually I gave up. I thought it might have something to do with the fact that a belt has to turn over the engine to start but the belt is tight and doesn't seem to slip. It might help if it turned over faster but unless I changed out the pulleys I don't know how to make that happen. Plus then it might not have the torque to turn over. ?? <
Thanks, Chris
I posted this last night in the "lawn" section and I was informed that that is not the right place so I'm reposting it here with a few additions.
I've been into IHs for quite a while and have several Scout 80s and 800s so a Cub Cadet seemed to make sense.
I bought the 127 about 10 years ago from a local dealer with the idea that it would be a good tractor to push and pull dead vehicles around with since it had the hydrostatic drive. At least that is what the guy said.
It's not perfect but it's pretty complete and clean. It's a nice little tractor. I did use it to cut some grass a few times but it has always been too temperamental to get started to make it very useful to actually get any real work done so I never made the push guard or even tried to pull a vehicle with it. It was always less work to get something else to do the job than try and start it.
I'm getting ready to move my shop AGAIN and will once again need something to push and pull non running vehicles inside a building for loading.
Before I bought something else I thought I would give the little guy one last try to see if it can be reliable enough to get more use out of than decoration.
When we were dealing with the tractor right after I bought it, it seems we replaces a bunch of stuff to try and get it to run and the guy at the dealer said it always worked for him but it almost never worked for me. I went through several batteries over time until I just gave up and parked it. I am used to getting hard to start older vehicles started but I either lack the gene for CubCadets or there is still something amiss.
I am also toying with the idea of making it a "race tractor" but I'm not sure if this is a good platform for that kind of project. Maybe pulling tractor would be more appropriate as someone pointed out but tooling around the neighborhood at high speeds sounds more appealing. Opinions?
Since it has been a while since we did the work I can't remember all that was done. Seems like all new ignition parts and perhaps a new carburetor and maybe a new head gasket if not a head. I thought we covered all bases but it has just never started right. Are they all this difficult? Any ideas off the cuff with so little to go on?
> Some suggestions that were provided in the lawn section were to make sure the battery and the gas is good and that it is getting fuel. I did all that of course as well as check the spark. I haven't tried to start it this time around and it has been sitting for 8 years so I'm sure it will need another battery and before I spent any money on it I wanted some advice. Like I said, I have a lot of experience with working on older vehicles and I have never run into anything that I couldn't make run well and can usually start thing that most others can't. Except this
Thanks, Chris