Think I just bought me an 1811

[Cubcrazy]

1811 looks good Ryan! Nothing a little work can't fix!

[Oak]

You did good. That looks like the good adjustable carb that I had on an 1811 that I once had. Here are some pics that might help you out a little. It looks like the choke is 180* off. What is the spec# on your engine? I think it should be 24506.

The choke cable on mine went towards the front and then back to the carb.
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Here are some linkage shots for ya.
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Here's what the pto should look like. Looks like yours might be off of a green tractor because it's a double. I would try and adjust the air gap first to see if that helps it.
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Like everybody said, give it a good service, pull the carb, clean and rebuild it and you will have one of the best built GT's Cub made.

[jimbob200521]

Thanks guys, I'm sure I'll be happy with it! After I got it going last night, I let it run for about half an hour to charge the battery and let it warm up. Went out this morning before plowing snow for work and tried to start it up; took a crank or two, but she fired right up! I did take a better look in the gas tank and decided to drain what "gas" was in there. Talk about brown gas There's also a bunch of buildup "crap" at the bottom of the tank. Any suggestions for how to get it out?

Originally Posted by cuber

The headlight is a quick fix, just solder the tab back on. Is that hydro fluid full? Sure makes a lot of noise. Is the fan on the drive shaft ok? Either sounds like you got a big hydro whine or maybe the cooling fan is rubbing on something? Other than that it looks all good!!!

I figured the headlight would be an easy one to fix. As for the hydro, when I looked at it it was low, so much so that when I pulled the dipstick, there were air bubbles on the fluid. I topped it off when I got it home but I will be doing a fluid/filter change, as well. And the cooling fan is actually fully intact, that's something I checked on site

Originally Posted by Mcamp

someone changed the carb,yours has the adj. main jet and the choke pulls the opposite way of the orig. the throttle cable is probably adj. wrong.with the engine off, set throttle at idle, loosen the clamp on the eng.and slide the throttle cable through the clamp away from carb till the cable starts to pull the gov.arm and tighten the clamp. work the throttle and check to make sure it will come back to idlestop screw at carb then fire it up and try it out . you might have to adjust your main jet also.

Will do, I'll let everyone know how it works. I hope to get a little tinker time this morning before the boss gets off work this afternoon

Originally Posted by red56turbo

Nice find Ryan. The hydro does sound like it whines pretty loud. It is pretty cold out though. I'd bite the bullet and change out the filter and hytran. So where did ya pick up the beast? Il, Ia, Wi, In, or Mi????????

Now that I've got it and nobody here's gonna snag it from me, I got it in Warsaw, IL

Originally Posted by inspectorudy

My hydro tran makes a similar sound when it is really cold. It usually goes away within a couple of minutes. That obviously is not the correct link on the carb but it sounds like it is just an attachment issue with the cable and the arm. The PTO issue is probably just an adjustment problem that can be fixed in short order. No matter, for $350 you got the deal of the day!

The PTO isn't on the top of the list right now. When we hooked the deck up, it stopped spinning until I turned the PTO on so it'll have to do until spring.

Originally Posted by J-Mech

According to the parts book, the carb on it was offered. It's not the same as mine.... but the book shows a carb with a main jet through the top. Governor to carb linkage is definitely incorrect (as mentioned above) and also the choke lever is wrong (also already stated). It may not be the original carb, but the paint seems to match the rest of the engine, so I'd say it is. Someone probably disassembled it and put it back together wrong. I agree, you got the deal of the day! Probably going to have to find the correct PTO.

Here's a pic of the carb and such on mine:

Where are you seeing the governor linkage as being incorrect? I tried comparing our pics, and it looks like one end of the governor arm has 2 holes and we're the same there but the other end has 6 and I can't see where ours differ

Originally Posted by Oak

You did good. That looks like the good adjustable carb that I had on an 1811 that I once had. Here are some pics that might help you out a little. It looks like the choke is 180* off. What is the spec# on your engine? I think it should be 24506.

The choke cable on mine went towards the front and then back to the carb.
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Here are some linkage shots for ya.
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Here's what the pto should look like. Looks like yours might be off of a green tractor because it's a double. I would try and adjust the air gap first to see if that helps it.
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Like everybody said, give it a good service, pull the carb, clean and rebuild it and you will have one of the best built GT's Cub made.

Thanks for the pics!

[jimbob200521]

Ok guys, here's my carb linkages. Something is definitely off, but I don't know where. Any suggestions?

[jimbob200521]

Ok, after some thinking, manual searching, and tinkering, I figured out that what's circled in red below was on backwards. So I flipped it, and adjusted it till I felt that it was right. So, did I get it right?

[Oak]

Yep, you are correct. The lever from the governor to the carb looks like it is wrong also.

[jimbob200521]

Update: as of right now, after an oil change, oil filter change, removing the fuel tank and cleaning it out, topping the tranny fluid, and fresh fuel, it runs like a new tractor. Starts right up, no whine in the hydro (after it warms up), and the throttle works like it should. I am THOROUGHLY impressed with this machine. I can't wait to make it do some work!

Originally Posted by Oak

Yep, you are correct. The lever from the governor to the carb looks like it is wrong also.

What do you think is wrong with it?

[Sam Mac]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

Update: as of right now, after an oil change, oil filter change, removing the fuel tank and cleaning it out, topping the tranny fluid, and fresh fuel, it runs like a new tractor. Starts right up, no whine in the hydro (after it warms up), and the throttle works like it should. I am THOROUGHLY impressed with this machine. I can't wait to make it do some work!





What do you think is wrong with it?

Glad you got it on the way to recovery!

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

What do you think is wrong with it?

Look at the pic I posted. Your linkage looks like a piece of wire, bent to work.


Glad you got it running good!

[ACecil]

Glad you got the 1811 running better!