My 1450 project officially started today - Page 15

MOturkE · #**141** 07-08-2011, 01:10 AM

I don't think that Cub is afraid of what might happen if it doesn't work that hard, I think it's enjoying the hard work... Kinda like a racehorse hitting the track after a few years in the pasture. Great thread and great work. I like what you did with that deck, too. I wasn't sure about the baffles, I have a deck with rusted baffles and doubt I'll rush to replace them after removing them.

jsoluna · #**142** 07-08-2011, 12:26 PM

Just read over all 15 pages of this post in the last two days....this is really good stuff. Look forward to more updates

I bought my first Cub this year as well, a little later than you did, but was equally excited about it. I remember losing sleep the night before, just like you

You're doing great work. And for what it's worth, my 129 has been smoking heavily after about 10 clean oil changes, but it keeps on going strong. I use it for my lawn care business on the larger lawns and I rely upon it every week. Never lets me down....if you keep clean oil in the 149 I'm sure it will last you as well.

Here's to both of us finally getting a solid engine with no leaks, knocks, or smoke!

Take care,

Justin

CC1450 · #**143** 07-25-2011, 11:49 AM

Thanks Justin glad to hear your cub is working hard for you too and helping you earn some cash. That is definitely admirable. I noticed after a couple weeks of use my '78 seems to smoke a lot less than when I first got it going. Now it just smokes for a second or two when you first fire it up, and sometimes will puff a little if you have it idling and then bring it up to WOT. Beyond that, it runs absolutely great so I'm going to keep running it for the time being while I am working on the '76.

I cut the lawn with the '78 and my 50" deck yesterday. It performed without a single hitch, I love that thing. I'm going to take the deck back off and add some front gauge wheels left and right to even out the cut on some small hills I have. I saw a kit for it mentioned here but may just make my own it seems pretty basic. Also want to give the deck a paint job. Other than a little uneven cutting where the hills are, the yard looks fantastic. I get a kick out of how well these old machines cut.

Not a lot of progress has been made on the '76 lately although I did pick up a nice looking steering wheel for it. It's the late quiet line/ X82 style with the IH center cap, my favorite.

I picked up another full time job so free time has been slashed down to all but none lately. As soon as I get off of my day job I am driving 40 minutes to my night gig. I'm running on about 5 hours of sleep each day but I have more than doubled my income so it seems worth it. Now I can afford to do things how I want to with the cubs, instead of what I am limited to.

Looking forward to my first check from the second job. Will have some updates in the future. Just have to get used to my new schedule and find some time to get into the garage.