Hello again everyone. Thanks so much for such a warm welcome, and taking the time and care to read my story. You are a wonderful group of folks! Still learning how to navigate this site a bit, so I hope this reaches you all! I will post pics. as soon as possible. I can't wait to come up with the $$$$ needed to restore her, as I want it done right- no rattle can restorations! We got almost 30" of snow here in NH over the weekend, can't remember the last time we had such a good old fashioned Nor' Easter! The banking at the end of the drive from the road plow was over 5'! From midnight to 8 am two feet of it fell. and was still coming in at that point! Had I known it would come in that fast, I would've had the old girl out there at 4 am to take care of the first foot! I woke up to 30" instead! My QA 42 works great, but I can't use it right now, as it needs some fabrication/welding repair done to the auger housing where the cutting edge bolts on, unfortunately, it was used for a few seasons in the past with the original one gone, and did some damage to that area. It is fixable though, I must find the RIGHT candidate for the job though! So I recently picked up a 1969 105 with a 42" spring trip blade, chains, and wheel weights for $100. Couldn't go wrong I thought! The 105 runs great, but needs a lot of TLC. So the plow is on my Great Grandfather's 107, and in spite of the fact I didn't get a jump on the depth of snow, halfway through the storm, though it took longer of course, she handled it like a champ! I must admit, it was real fun working my way through the embankment at the end of the drive especially! With that much at once though, I much prefer the thrower, as it doesn't accumulate in front of you as you move along, cutting your time and space consumption from the snow in half. Working on finding NOS parts needed for restoration, starting with the hardest to find first. Got lucky on a dash tin from an awesome guy in Iowa, through ebay. They are hard to find for the 107. It is mint, protective film still on it. Decals are next, not repops, but original, wish me luck, again, not an easy find for the 107! Still searching for an NOS PTO bearing, my original one is getting worn, wow, 43 years of countless RPM'S and it is still usable. Says NICE PHILA on it. As the replacements w/ locking collar from MTD are Made in china. I WON'T DO IT! There will not be so much as a chinese cotter pin used on my American made Cub! Sad, but I'm finding it a challenge to find that specific bearing made in USA, so I need to find an NOS one from IH. Shame on MTD for not only discontinuing some parts on us, for the old girls, but having at least some of the parts they do still offer coming out of china. And their slogan was "use the parts it was born with" well, chinese made ones weren't it!! I wish things could be like they once were here in America. All the more reason to treasure the IH Cubs, as we all know, sadly, they will never again be made like they once were. Had problems this month with defective mouse touch pad in this Dell laptop I bought NEW barely a year ago. Had to send it out for replacement, so I wasn't able to come back here sooner. No surprise, it was made you know where! So long for now! Dave.
