Cub Cadet

[richmondred01 2,237]

I got bored after doing the 520-8.

1968 model 72. Got it from the original owner family.

 

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

Wanna help with my OCC rehab? It has updated engine and seating.

[peter lena 8,609]

working with real steel is what really matters, good looking unit , pete

[richmondred01 2,237]

Looks like a nice original. That was about the same condition the 72 was in. 

Is that a k181 rather then the k161?

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

9 minutes ago, richmondred01 said:

Looks like a nice original. That was about the same condition the 72 was in. 

Is that a k181 rather then the k161?

Yep second owner dad bought in '76 or '77, went through 3 161s (mowing grass evtill I found these 181s out of a couple Graveleys...heres a pic right after dad and I refurbished it 35 or so years ago

[richmondred01 2,237]

Good move. Can’t get the pistons or rings anymore for the small cylinder k161. 

[richmondred01 2,237]

This one maybe will be next. 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

18 minutes ago, richmondred01 said:

This one maybe will be next. 

Never seen a rear implement hitch like that one, what are you doing with the snow plow? also ours doesn't have the correct steering wheel, before dad got it the PO rolled/flipped it broke the steering wheel and the grill shell, I still have the S/G and oil bath air cleaners and original seat, the first 161 has a hole in the block with a "patch" over it, it lasted nearly 20 years like that.

[richmondred01 2,237]

I’ll let you know if it I part it.

[bc.gold 3,403]

Have the K301A 12 horse from the Cub Cadet that had a Sundstrand Hydro that I rescued from the landfill. does anyone have an idea on age. I no longer have the data plate from the tractor.

 

 

[Razorback 1,035]

2 minutes ago, bcgold said:

Have the K301A 12 horse from the Cub Cadet that had a Sundstrand Hydro that I rescued from the landfill. does anyone have an idea on age. I no longer have the data plate from the tractor.

 

 

 

 

If your K301 and hydro came from the same tractor..... the earliest Cub Cadet hydro was a 1966 model 123. I have one!

[bc.gold 3,403]

7 minutes ago, Razorback said:

 

 

If your K301 and hydro came from the same tractor..... the earliest Cub Cadet hydro was a 1966 model 123. I have one!

 

That old Eh, amazing in that the pump and motor cylinder blocks with piston assemblies from the "U" style Sundstrand used on the Cub Cadet interchanged into the Sundstrand series 15 inline hydro from a 1975 Allis 720.

 

The Cub was in pretty rough shape missing lots of parts, I'd never been inside a hydro before and decided to disassemble the one from the Cub because the 720 definitely had problems from being towed. Anyhow once I got into the series 15, comparing and measuring parts it was obvious that the motor and pump cylinder assemblies were the same.

 

Saved myself a lot of $$$ by using the Cub's hydro parts for the series 15 rebuild.

 

The neighbor from whom I had purchased my Simplicity 9020 has a Cub Cadet laying in the weeds, I'm thinking of making an offer.

[bc.gold 3,403]

There's a PTO clutch attached to the K301A engine, it's not a magnetic one so I'm guessing its a mechanically engaged cone clutch. Would be interesting to see a parts diagram

 

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

4 hours ago, bcgold said:

There's a PTO clutch attached to the K301A engine, it's not a magnetic one so I'm guessing its a mechanically engaged cone clutch. Would be interesting to see a parts diagram

 

 

I rebuilt the PTO on my 106 CC way back in 1994 very simple and I didn't have any manuals just tore it apart and reversed for reassembly.

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

That's a nice looking 72.  Good job on it.  Want to do a CC 100?

[richmondred01 2,237]

3 hours ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

I rebuilt the PTO on my 106 CC way back in 1994 very simple and I didn't have any manuals just tore it apart and reversed for reassembly.

Agreed. Very easy.

you will need an adjustment gauge that come with the kit.

the most difficult thing is removing the Allen set and locking screws. 

[richmondred01 2,237]

49 minutes ago, T-Mo said:

That's a nice looking 72.  Good job on it.  Want to do a CC 100?

 

I can do it but I have more into that 72 then is worth and that doesn’t include my labor. 

 

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

9 minutes ago, richmondred01 said:

 

I can do it but I have more into that 72 then is worth and that doesn’t include my labor. 

 

That just shows the restoration was done right.  I would be leery of a restoration job if the value of the tractor, after restoring, was worth more than what went into the restoration.  If done right, you will never recoup what you put into it, unless, as Mike of the American Pickers says, you found the end of the rainbow when you sell it.

[richmondred01 2,237]

After doing this 40 I decided that tractors would be more reasonable to do.

 

[bc.gold 3,403]

A word of caution, much of the old equipment that we work used cadmium pigments in the paint, spent sandblasting media containing cadmium would be classified hazardous waste.

 

Other types of pigments we can expect to find in older paint.

 

Prior to the 1970's, lead was a common additive in the manufacture of coatings. As a result, wastes and emissions generated during the SSCR process may contain
elevated lead concentrations, as well as trace amounts of other metals such as chromium and cadmium.

 

 

 

[Goldnboy 910]

19 hours ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

Never seen a rear implement hitch like that one, what are you doing with the snow plow? also ours doesn't have the correct steering wheel, before dad got it the PO rolled/flipped it broke the steering wheel and the grill shell, I still have the S/G and oil bath air cleaners and original seat, the first 161 has a hole in the block with a "patch" over it, it lasted nearly 20 years like that.

That 3pt looks like it is of sears brand riders

[richmondred01 2,237]

“spent sandblasting media containing cadmium would be classified hazardous waste.“

 

Thats why the U.S. has New Jersey.......

[bc.gold 3,403]

Going a take a pass on this one.

 

 

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Edited December 20, 2018 by bcgold

[richmondred01 2,237]

Good call. It’s an mtd anyway.

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

18 minutes ago, richmondred01 said:

Good call. It’s an mtd anyway.

I don't think so - it looks to be a late 70's IH built Cadet lawn tractor.  It has "Cadet" on the hood, which is what IH called their lawn tractors.  MTD would have used "Cub Cadet", plus the styling is similar to the ones I'm seeing in my '78 and '79 brochures.  IH didn't sell the Cub Cadet line until the early 80s.

79_buyers_guide.pdf

78_buyers_guide.pdf