Check your iso mounts 1450

[rfrank]

I recently was given a 1450 with a "blown" motor(broken rod). The tractor actually has lower hours on it than it looks as it was left outside and poorly cared for, neglected and abused. The motor is actually the best part of it. A rebuild with standard parts will get her back running. Now the body/frame is a bit more involved.
There was only one bolt holding the base oil pan to the iso mounts, of the four iso mounts all were missing the bottom rubber. The oilpan had one broken off bolt and one where the pan is cracked around the threads, got one coming from evil pay for 10.00. Engine cradle is worn too almost half if it original thickness and the holes are egg shaped. The frame is cracked where the engine had been hammering the cradle, and the cradle the frame for so long that it cracked next to the welds. See Pics. More to come.

[Methos]

Good thing you tore it down to check on your iso mounts. ISO mounts need to be check to see if they need serviced. The po didn't do you any favors by neglecting the iso mounts. I hope the rest of the tractor as better mainted.

[sbigler]

I'll be doing this job shortly. Haven't decided on which mounts to get yet (OE, metal, or the MOOG)

[Methos]

Originally Posted by sbigler

I'll be doing this job shortly. Haven't decided on which mounts to get yet (EO, metal, or the MOOG)

Cub ISO mounts are the way to go. More money but the better solution. You've got to keep in mind how long the factory iso mounts lasted. Will the others last as long? I don't know but myself I wouldn't take the chance.

[rfrank]

Does anyone have the dimensions of the front engine snubbers, Ive already ordered the iso mounts but would like to find an alternative to the 11.00 snubbers on the ql series. Im thinking that mcmaster might have something that will work.

[_DX3_]

Originally Posted by Methos

Cub ISO mounts are the way to go. More money but the better solution. You've got to keep in mind how long the factory iso mounts lasted. Will the others last as long? I don't know but myself I wouldn't take the chance.

The new ones should last longer if you do the engine cradle mod while you have everything out. OEM is my suggestion. I tried the other and they were too soft. Solid mounts, I wouldn't do those unless your just using the tractor to pull with at tractor pulls.

[ACecil]

I second, Duke and DWayne. Buy the cub mounts, you won't regret it.

[rfrank]

I understand about the iso mounts for the cradle, I just wanted to know what the dimension of the little front snubbers that fit between the cradle and the frame on the front were. Im thinking they are a standard vibration dampening/isolation mount that are probably a stock spec. Certain things Im willing to do OEM but others id like to try and see, as long as I am diligent with looking for premature failure, I should be able to change them if they should fail.
I will be doing the frame/cradle modification as well.

[Guitar Guy]

I plan to check my mounts too, because I need to get my noisy pilot bearing serviced anyway.

Getting the cradle mod. done is not going to be something I can do easily or cheaply, so I was thinking of using OEM iso mounts & snubbers, and not doing the cradle mod. Is this a big mistake?

Also, my 1000 has low hours, but is a 1975, so I'm expecting that the mounts would be dried out just from time and heat. Is this a correct assumption, or is it possible they could still be ok? I'm not currently having vibration or noise problems, other than the noisy clutch.

Good thread, seems alot of folks have the same question.

Josh P

[william1041200]

IH should have made the cradle one piece from the start. Might have got 50 years of service out of the mounts. Who knows? leaking oil never helps rubber mounts though, in anything. Thats usually the most obvious cause of destruction.