Archive through November 08, 2008

[rchristensen]

Art I'll bet you can't put that 100 back together without painting something.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Art, the grouse season runs until January 31st, 2009 so the invite to hunt at the cabin I extended last week is still good.

Perhaps a weekend in early December. There are a couple places up there that have always produced grouse, not that I've always made good on my shots.

Denny, I have a good supply of heat shrink through work too, and I have a couple of those assorted heat shrink packages from Harbor Freight. I've seen various colored heat shrink available from our suppliers but I've never seen the yellow heat shrink at Menard's.

I had hoped to get Killer running this weekend. Time did not allow it but I did get to the point where tonight I should be able to fire it up. I got the throttle and choke cables connected up and adjusted. I filled the crank case with oil. I installed a brand new air filter. I needed to mount the PointSaver™, but I didn't want to drill any holes as Killer will be moving to my #1 125 as soon as I get the chassis refurbished. I dug in my stock of scrap metal and found a piece of aluminum bar stock and made a bracket for it. After I got the PointSaver™ mounted I checked to see if it would turn over to make sure I had the S/G wired in correctly and that it actually worked, and it did.

I have the fuel line connected up for the remote fuel tank and tonight I will put some gas in the tank, place the tank in a secure location higher then the engine, mount a camera on a tripod to take some video and hopefully fire it up.

Never mind the rat's nest of wiring in the dash. This 125 had been modified by the previous owner, a large corporation in St. Paul, MN. The battery is mounted at the rear of the tractor and is a full size auto battery, the wiring had been heavily modified but is quite functional. It also has had a connector wired in to run power to the <FONT COLOR="ff0000">I</FONT><FONT COLOR="000000">H</FONT> Windbreaker Cab for a tail lamp and an amber strobe light. There is a switch mounted in the cab to control the strobe. In any case who ever did the wiring mods didn't do a very aesthetically pleasing job but it is functionally OK.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Richard,

 

[aaytay]

Richard-

 

[dtanner]

Morning all. I`am out in the Cub shop tearing apart the 149 to remove the 12 from the 129 loader and put the 14 hp K back in after the rebuild useing the new lift. More later ( hope to get the 14 running before Kraiq ) lol

 

[kide]

Art:
Great post - I've had a list for the 129 (starting with the cork gasket on the hydro) that I'm planning on working over in the spring. I did it a few years ago and cleaned up lots of little things at one time . The "workers" need a little TLC, too.

Kraig:
We're waiting..............

Don:
I thought you were retired - looks like you've got a full time job working for your cubs..

 

[rchristensen]

Don T. I don't believe I have ever seen anybody remove or install an engine in a cub without removing the grill and hood. Can you do it without raising the hood?

 

[stanner]

All,
I know it has been discussed in the past, But will a 14 hp live with a 10hp flywheel on it? I have a 107 that needs a motor, and I have the old 14 out of the 149 that I want to put in it for the time being... thx in advance...

After almost 3 years, The 149 got some yellow paint on it... I have to get a better respirator, My head is kinda loopy right now...
Pics to follow soon

 

[jdonovan]

Hydro Valve Question.. I need to replace a leaking valve. Since one is leaking, should I also replace the other one? When taking it out, is it under pressure, do I need to drain the Hy-Tran.
Thanks in advance..Joe

 

[dfrisk]

RICHARD - I've only had hoods off My Cubbies four times, Once on the 70 and the 129 & twice on the 72. NEVER had the grills off any of them ever.

I've never tried it but I think with some work and taking the mesh inserts out of the grills I could remove the engine with the hood closed except on the 982.

Personally, I can think of a couple things harder to work on than that on Cubbies. The capscrews inside the frame that hold the front of the footrests on NF tractors comes to mind first. I won't get into all the places IH used rollpins that You can't get to.
I used to remove & install engines myself by hand but now I let Son help Me.