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Old 04-23-2018, 02:24 PM
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Hello All,

I have lurked on here for a few years from time to time, trying to get myself inspired to get an old Cub Cadet of mine going.

Short Version - I picked up a 1250 back in 2008 from a guy at work that was moving and was trying to downsize a lot of what he had in his barn. I knew him fairly well and trusted him - he told me that it did run, but that its sat in his barn for quite a few years.

It did fire up, but ran like garbage. I figured the carb. just needed to be cleaned/rebuilt. I managed to get it back to my house after finding a trailer - little did I know this thing was so heavy. I expected to pick it up with a few guys and get it in the back of my truck - not how it ultimately unfolded.

It sat under my porch for about 4 more years as my house projects took up most of my time. Summer of 2012 I went down and purchased a new battery and took the carb off and went through it. Cleaned the tank and put fresh gas in it, and to my surprise it fired up - and then it moved! forward and backward. I could not believe it.

I had no grass in the yard at that point (all sand - which is why this project was not on the top of the list). I drove it around the yard though not believing how good it was running. Then....it started to spit and sputter and then died. It started back up again a few minutes later and round and round we went. If I let it sit for a few minutes, it would fire up, and run for a few minutes then die.

I took the carb apart again, but never found anything so I parked it. 6 years later I am now interested in trying to get this thing in order as I now have an actual lawn. I have been told that it may be the valves getting hung up in the head? I have also been told it could be electrical.

Ultimately I'm hoping to get some information here on pointers of places to start and what other items I should address as I get into this. For some reason I remember previously reading that these things have issues with exhaust metal and motor mounts??

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Old 04-23-2018, 10:43 PM
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Welcome to the forum. It sounds like your issue is the fuel flow coming from the tank, i suspect something is restricting the flow from the tank to the carb which doesn't allow the the carb to fill up fast enough.
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Old 04-24-2018, 10:38 AM
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Have you cleaned the screen in the tank?
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Old 04-24-2018, 11:53 AM
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I was not aware that there was a screen in the tank. That would certainly make sense though. I will check into that. Thank you!

Any other suggestions on things to check out? Was I right about these having exhaust issues and motor mount issues? Good idea to change fluid in the rear end?
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Old 05-26-2018, 05:41 AM
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Where in Mass are you? I'm in Whately
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