Land of 10,000 Lakes

[AaronZ]

Hello all, as you can see my name is Aaron. I actually live in a small town west of the Twin Cities called Waverly. For those that didnt know, it was Hubert H. Humphreys place of residence.

Anywho, I have lurked here for awhile now. But since I went and bought myself my 1st Cub, I decided it was time I become a member. After searching and pleading with the wife for a very long time, she finally allowed me to purchase one. I ended finding a 682 that a guy wanted $600 for. I went and checked it out and saw it was a series 2. It has a 50 inch deck and appeared to be pretty well taken care of. Still had the hub caps and sheet metal was all intact with very minimal rust including the deck. There was a little wobble in the front axle which will have to be taken care of. And it seemed to only run with the choke partially out. Not a big deal there as usually its an easy adjustment. So I offered $450, eventually we settled on $500.

I get it home and go to start the process of getting it to run smooth. When I see why it can not be easily adjusted. The main fuel adjustment has broken off and can not be turned. Ok, so I will work with the other two. Eventually, I get it. It runs perfect, and only a slight puff of smoke at start up. Im excited as a kid on christmas day. I tool around with it for about an hour. Then I decided to allow my 13 yr old daughter give it a try. Mind you, shes driven every mower I had. So I didnt think twice. What I didnt think of, is the fact that this machine is more beastly and responsive than anything Ive had. She drove around for a good 10 minutes and was showing off to her mom because mom was too scared to go wide open. In the end, my daughter ended up rounding a corner, and went right through our doghouse. Its not just a small one either. Its roughly 5 foot deep by 4 foot wide and 4 foot tall. All I could do was laugh. The 1st thing that went through my mind is making fun of women drivers to my wife when I picked up the 682. I told her I was glad this came with a front bumper, because it will most likely need it with the women of the house driving it!!

Anyways, after about a good 90 mins, it started running rough again to where I would have to choke it to keep it running. Looked at it again, filter is new, good flow after shut off valve. So I go to the carb again. I found that because the main at the top must be off quite a bit, to compensate I have to turn the one I can adjust just about 3 full turns out. Which leaves not much left. Well it works its way out the longer you run her. So its either dial the screw back in every so often, maybe stretch out the spring a little to add some tension. Or buy a new carb. Whelp, I opted to buy a new carb yesterday for it. It should be here tomorrow. I was a little shocked at the sticker price on that carb. Lets just say this. I told her before if I bought one, which I may need to, it was only going to cost $50 at most. I didnt tell her I bought one. Im going to wait and see if she notices it on the monthly statement.....


Anyways, thats it for now. Glad to be here and I will post some pics hopefully tomorrow. Right now I have to get the ball rolling as we have my 7 yr olds 1st school play to attend.