[Frankencubby]

Greetings all! Ive been lurking here for some time, looking at all the great pics and reading up on your builds and restorations. I consider it an honor to be a member here amoungst such talented mechanics and artists.
I have been wanting a Cub for a few years and finally a farmer friend of mine bought a "123" for his wife but she didn't like it, she wanted a new mower. Knowing I was wanting one he gave it to me in exchange for $200 of work I had done on a rental house of his, which he said is what he had in it. I went over to his father-in-laws house to pick up my "new" mower that was described to me as "only needing a PTO rebuild" and I saw it still sitting in his in laws trailer. that didn't throw any red flags right away. when the father in law came over to me he said, "it was running fine but, now it won't start". Uh OH! Well, it didn't start but we were able to push it on my trailer with relative ease once I released the hydro valves. I brought it over to my storage warehouse to work on it since space is limited at my house. Once I had it unloaded I started noticing that something didn't look right about my 123. The first clue was the silver hydro lever, oddly enough I noticed that before I noticed the white fiberglas dashboard. Hmmm...123's don't have those. The hood matches the grill, and the grill has a seperate spot for the headlights... Hmmm... So, now I'm thinking I have a 125, Wahoo! yay me! hey...wait a minute...why is the dipstick on the right side of the engine??? Hmmm... lets look at the engine model number, it should say K301 right here...wait a minute....K241???? what the *@#$??? That's a 10HP motor!!!! So, I have an underpowered 125??? well, that sucks! It was at this point I joined this forum and explains my forum name thinking I had a poor bastard pile of cubby parts. After some more research I discovered that IH did build a 10 hp Hydro in 1969, the 105. The Kohler motor is also a 1969 and all features of my machine match a 105 so... I have a 105. Once I get around to doing the paint I will put the proper decals on it. I replaced the starter solenoid and she fired right up with minimal smoke. My plans are to get it running well for this mowing season to take advantage of a very good looking 38" deck that came with it, then clean and paint her up over the winter. I am going to use this Cubby so she won't be museum quality when she's done but she will be loved and cared for as long as she's in my possession! Here she is...