I am restoring my first cub which is a 125. when i got it, i got it from a guy who put it together with what he had around in his collection. he put a 44" wide frame deck on it (not a 38" 42" or 42"), a k241 10 hp kohler (not a k301 12hp), and painted over all the decals without masking anything off as you can imagine, the overspray really made this look awesome.
Problem 1: I got the right motor, and had it bored .020 over. got it all back together and hear a knocking sound. the machinist who did the bore said he thinks its the crank. he said the crankshaft journal was out of round by about a thousandth and a half. he thought id be ok to put it back together so i did. i tore it back apart and hes in the process of grinding the crank now. i ran the motor for about a half hour total. the problem i found when i took the motor apart was the oil on top of the piston and on top of the block when i took the head off. i put new rings in and the valves seat well? didnt see any smoke coming out of the exhaust though. also noticed a small oil leak out of the head gasket. all new gaskets and i torqued the head to the manual specs and in sequence. any ideas here?
problem 2: tractor wants to creep when i try to start it. it also makes a grinding noise, so i have to engage the lever to put the rear end into neutral and after i get it started, then i can disengage the neutral lever. i tried adjusting it by the book, i have the arrow pointing right over the stud thats in the cam bracket, nut have no luck. any ideas?
Problem 3: I want to get this tractor set up to blow and push snow for this winter. I traded the 44" deck that was on this tractor when i got it for a cw36 snow blower. at the time i didnt know it was a cw36. the guy said it would work. the model number was hard to see. i did some research and found out it was a cw36. also found out it fits the 102, 122, 123, 70, 100, and 71. i need the gearbox, lift , and chute rods for it. is there any way of making this work, or should i sell it and get a qa blower? I also put ag tires on the tractor. will i still need tire chains, or should i keep the turf tires and use them with tire chains instead. id like to have a weight rack made for the back of it regardless of what tire setup i use.
thanks for the help.
