1969 Cub Cadet 106

[LordSquirrel]

Hello everyone! I picked up a 69 CC 106 from an estate sale couple weeks ago. I think it's a September 1969 build. Runs decent and it came with a 42 inch deck in good shape and a plow. Also all the paperback manuals. Even for the plow and deck!

Newer to the IH Cub Cadets, but my grandfather loved these things. He had multiple and would always stop if he saw one for sale on the side of the road. I learned to mow on his 1000 series so there's a good amount of nostalgia here. I plan to use it for hauling at least, but I'd like for it to be my work horse. Right now I have a 30 year old snapper for mowing my 2 acres.

The problem I'm working through right now is the right side had a negative camber. I'm pretty sure the spindle was welded back together. I bent it to a better camber and fixed the alignment. It's not perfect but it'll work until I decide if I want to buy a new one.

I also stripped the seat down to bare metal and repainted it (Ace Hardware Ivory spray paint). I'm not sure if it's been repainted already but this was almost a perfect match.

Next I'm looking at adjusting the carb because it's backfiring a good bit. No power loss, just back firing out the exhaust at all rpms. It also doesn't like to idle too low. The steering also has a lot of play in it. I found a write up fixing this with a taper pin, but I haven't dug in yet. And the right turn radius is not normal. Left seems good but turning right is pretty bad. Possibly proving the spindle was welded back together unless there's another way to adjust this?

Not sure about the PTO as I haven't tried the deck yet, but it engages and disengages the pulley so hopefully that's good!

Time to scour the forums! I'll keep updating as I go!

[DSarow]

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[darkminion_17]

Good bones to start with, I have one also.

[LordSquirrel]

That 106 is super nice! Goals!

I ended up buying a new spindle. Found a new one on ebay for about $80 shipped. The spindle I have has a glob of a weld compared to the left side.

[LordSquirrel]

I swapped out the right spindle with the new one. Old one was definitely welded back together at some point because the steering linkage between both did not match up. Fixed my steering problems! Can't imagine what a previous owner did to break that thing.

Now I just need to tackle the steering play.

Also swapped the carb out for an amazon one. The one in there was the original with the metal fuel line. Planning on rebuilding it. Full throttle I got running well, but I need to check the rpms especially at idle. Doesn't seem to like what the idle is currently set at. Also the exhaust is rusted pretty bad and it's split in a few places. Added to the list of things to do.

Seat is back on!

[spndncash]

sloppiness in the steering could be your ball joints - they are easy to change or the axle pin - less fun to change (seems like no one greases this on the tractors I have bought). the front axle can get play between the knuckle assy and the cast front axle as well if they were not greased regularly.
they are very easy to work on.
My 106 is split in half right now to change a roll pin in the creeper gear- My father thinks the front end loader is a battering ram. it should only take a day but other honey-do's have stopped the progress.

[LordSquirrel]

Thanks for the advice! Hopefully it's the ball joints but I have a feeling it's the axel pin. The axel pin looks like it may have been replaced with a bolt? Or maybe that's how they came. I haven't tackled that yet.

Got the k241 running good! I was messing with the main screw and the other one on the side of the carb and nothing seemed to work so I pulled the plug and it had no gap... I don't know if I just didn't realize when I put it in or what but I regapped it to .35 and that's all it needed. Fine tuned it after that and it idles beautifully.

After that I wanted to check and see how the PTO and cutting deck works, but the idle pulleys were rusted solid. Ordered the Stens 280-188 replacements and it was an exact fit. Put it all together and it works! I think I just need to adjust the leveling. Before that I'm going to get all the surface rust off the bottom of the deck and spray it. I'll either replace the blades or just sharpen them. They look in decent shape, just some surface rust and they're dull. The mule drive needs some attention too.

So far very happy with this 106! It's coming together well.

[jbrewer]

Always glad to hear a success story . Good work on all of this.

Don't see too many 106's, so you scored a good keeper. That thing can last a lifetime with even moderate care.

Thanks for the pics!






PS: Those bones look better than most of my finished tractors!

[Kelpie]

How does that carb from Amazon work for you?

[LordSquirrel]

The Amazon carb is working out well. I had to do some adjustments and replace the original fuel line, but overall very happy with it. I noticed in the reviews people kept saying the bowl would leak after like one hour of use so I just made sure it was tight before I put it on and kept checking it.