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Old 12-01-2012, 12:21 AM
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I'm very new to all of this. Please, what is a hydrostatic drive? Does the 108 have one? I tried looking this up but could not find it. Also, I'm just so new it might have been right in front of me and missed it. Thank you..
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It's 391 cc single Kohler engine with a three speed transaxle.
I think they were made from 71 to 74?
Go to the tractor technical portion of the site, I don't know how to put up a link.
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Please, what is a hydrostatic drive? Does the 108 have one?
Hydrostatic lawn and garden tractor drives are hydraulically powered transmissions, having infinite speed selections both forward and reverse. Most modern pieces of lawn equipment are equipped this way, but back in the early '70s it was quite the revolution in technology. Until hydrostatic drives came along, the typical garden tractor was driven by 3 or 6 speed transaxles. This meant you had limited choices on how fast the tractor would go, and you hope to find a decent setting for tasks like mowing. Hydrostatic drives proved to be much better for mowing, the driver being able to easily adjust the speed and forward/reverse by the simple movement of a lever.

Early International Harvester built Cub Cadets followed a typical numbering scheme: Odd-numbered models such as the 127, 147 and 149 were hydrostatic tractors. Even numbered machines such as the 108, 128 and so on were gear drives. Gear drive tractors are easily spotted by the shift knob coming up from the tractor right in front of the seat.

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http://www.tractordata.com/lawn-trac...cadet-108.html

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Thank you all for the details. Here is a pic of my cub. Since it is a 108 (even number) and by the site of the shifter I'm guessing no hydro? I'm also guessing that would be why the creeper gears where introduced, more speed options. This tractor is just for play so I'm cool with it as is. Actually, would my setup be easier to work on since I know so little about these? That hydro stuff sounds complex
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Ugh! Sorry for the upside down pic
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Thank you all for the details. Here is a pic of my Cub. Since it is a 108 (even number) and by the site of the shifter I'm guessing no hydro? I'm also guessing that would be why the creeper gears where introduced, more speed options. This tractor is just for play so I'm cool with it as is. Actually, would my setup be easier to work on since I know so little about these? That hydro stuff sounds complex
Nice cub! The gear drives are a bit simpler in some ways to work on, but the hydro's aren't bad either, its rare to have anything serious go wrong, especially the cast iron IH ones, they are pretty much bullet proof.
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I have to agree on stability. This thing is built like a rock! Ok well thank you for the information!
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