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Old 03-25-2009, 10:28 PM
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My wife, granddaughter and I picked up our first Cub this afternoon. I found it on craigslist. My granddaughter and I will restore it for her 4H project.

The good: It is in pretty good original condition. It is almost complete. It cost me $150.00.

The bad: It does not run. It has a red engine. The grille is missing.

So far I am really impressed with the tractor. It is truly massive. By weight only, I feel like I got a good deal.

I need to know how to push/move the tractor without damaging the hydro. I need a little background on what appears to be a replacement engine. The serial and model numbers follow.

The tractor's serial number is also below. What year is it?

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Tom

Kohler Engine Model Number - K 301 A

Serial Number - D 0664553

Spec. Number(?) - 47138B

Tractor Serial Number - 235281
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K301 means you got a 12 horse?
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Is that BAD?

The engine is red in color. It has the yellow starter/generator and the yellow air cleaner cover.


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Tom
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Old 03-25-2009, 10:51 PM
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Congrats, on your 105! There should be a lever, on the right side of the frame. I believe you push the lever down, and it disengages the hydro. Now you should be able, to push the tractor. Make sure it's pushed slowly, because if it's towed fast, it could damage the transmission. Someone please correct me, if I'm wrong on which way to push the lever.
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Allen, I think you're right, you push down on the lever. I just pulled the rear of of my 125 roller a couple of days ago and noticed it was different than my 127 of which you pull up on the lever.

I linked you to the Ops and Service manuals in your other post on the 105/125.
Your Cub was built March 1968
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Looks like you got a 12 horse from a doner tractor. Nothing wrong with that. You can move your cub slowly if the hydro release doesn't work. sometimes that release plate breaks off. Just don't move it more than a walking pace.
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Is that BAD?

Tom
there is nothing wrong with that. you just got an extra 2 horses!
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Looks like you got a 12 horse from a doner tractor. Nothing wrong with that. You can move your cub slowly if the hydro release doesn't work. sometimes that release plate breaks off. Just don't move it more than a walking pace.
Yes, I forgot to mention that in my case the manual release buttons were rusted up and wouldn't go down just by using the lever. I had to spray with PB Blaster and work them with pliers to get them loose.
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Thanks guys. Knew I was in the right place here. I suspose the Cub's hydro is similar to my JD 318's hydro. I just could not figure out where the lever was.

With the engine being painted red, what type/brand would you think the engine was originally mounted upon?

Is there a way to track the Kohler by its serial number?

Thanks,

Tom
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Thanks guys. Knew I was in the right place here. I suspose the Cub's hydro is similar to my JD 318's hydro. I just could not figure out where the lever was.

With the engine being painted red, what type/brand would you think the engine was originally mounted upon?

Is there a way to track the Kohler by its serial number?

Thanks,

Tom
From what little I know about the JD garden tractors, I think the hydro unit is the same Sunstrand 15U in both the Cub Cadet and at least some JD models.

If the frame isn't all hacked up, there isn't much else that engine could have come out of, as Cub Cadet used a rather unique Kohler block. The spec number can be used to find out what it was originally on, and about the only thing the serial number can do is tell the year it was built.
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