I understand the desire to get your lift system fixed so that it works and acts like it should, if I had one that dropped like a rock (as you have said your's does) it would probably make me a little crazy too.
Out of the 10 or so Cubs that I have with a hydraulic lift, only two (the best I can remember) will stay in the raised position fairly well. The rest creep down over time, some worse than others, but never-the-less they do creep down. They will only creep down far enough to hit the lift stop (which in my mind is not a lift stop... It's a "lower stop") and that is as far as they will go, period.
On my mower tractors, the "lower stop" is set to my desired cutting height, when I pull out of the shed, I "drop the deck" and it lowers until it hits the stop and I cut grass.
Here is the part about Maxwelhses case that I don't understand:
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Originally Posted by Maxwelhse
yes, it's set on the stop right now, and has been all summer, but it just cuts WAAAY too short like that. I can stuff a shim in there to prop it up to get me by, but if it can be fixed without much investment I'd rather do that.
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The stops on all of the Wide Frames that I cut grass with are such that they can be set to a cutting height way higher than I would ever want to cut grass, I don't understand why the stop on your 149 won't hold the deck to your desired cutting height. Even if you had a hydraulic lift that worked perfectly, wouldn't you still lower the deck until the outer rock shaft plate hits the stop cam?
Once again, I do understand and don't discount the burning desire that comes from within to get something fixed (especially when you are about to go stir-crazy).