Cub 169
 

I am going to look at a Cub 169 this weekend, and have been told a lot of people like to make another cub look like a 169. Can you guys give m some tips on trying to figure out if it is a 169. Thanks, sorry no pics.

Big air cleaner and big muffler.

It is true that 169's have the larger air cleaner and bigger muffler. It may or may not have those. To be sure it's a true 169, look at the serial number. It would have a kind/model code of 0048 towards the beginning of the number. The serial number should look something like this: 2050048UXXXXXX. Good luck and keep us posted!

Count the head bolts, should be 10 not 9.

Here are some pics of the air cleaner, hour meter and large muffler on my 169. They all had these with lights as a standard. It could have a manual lift and still be correct.

Do all 169's have the hour meter or was that an option?

All of the 169's i have seen had the hour meter.

Yes, they all had the hour meter.

They were all supposed to have the Maintenance Minder but some people take them off for some unknown reason

Nice find! Hope to see more pics when you get it. I just picked up three this month, they are a very collectible tractor to own. Soon to be 4 here in the next couple days...stay tuned.

Missed It
 

I was all set to go pick it up, the owner and I agreed on a price. However I went on line to check this thread before I went, and thats when I saw another member on here got the tractor. The owner made me furious, he even said I will hold it, dont worry I have no intensions of selling it to anybody else. Thanks for all the tips though, atleast I learned how to determine if a tractor is really a 169 if I ever come across another one.
Thanks Again

Sorry to hear about that, it happens to all of us. :bash2:

Sorry to hear that. I couldn't do that to anyone.

I agree with Allen. I couldn't buy one out from under another forum member either. Sorry to hear it happened. Another one will come up for ya!

Well if it was the Cub 169 near Scranton PA that was me. Please see next reply.

I feel I need to defend myself and my actions here. The Cub 169 was listed on Craigslist. I called the owner around noon on 4/20. The PO told me the Cub 169 was still for sale. He told me there was a dozen calls or so about it. He also made it clear to me it was a first come first served sale. When I arrived there, he told me there was serious interest from a guy near Gettysburg PA and another guy who made an offer but couldn't come see it till Sunday/Monday and about 6 more calls since I called him. I did not persuade the gentleman with a higher offer or anything like that. He was selling that tractor to the first one with cash.
And to be clear, I would never "steal" one from under anyone being a member of this forum or not. If the PO would have said he was holding it for someone I would have told him to please contact me if it didn't sell but this wasn't the case. I also won't know if a OCC member was trying to purchase it or not.

If it is any consolation, it is missing the muffler shield, hour meter and the next to impossible to find original muffler.

Also, when a Cub 169, 800, 982, 782D come up for sale, don't think the owner will hold them. They will get alot of calls and cash is king. I lost a Cub 800 a few months back after I drove 3 hours when the PO was "holding" it. I actually passed the guy who bought it on a road 5 miles from me getting there.

Yup it was that one. I don't blame you at all, the owner must have been confused, cause he told us the same story. We called agreed to a price at 9am on 4/20, and were going to pick it up, not see it, on sunday. It was set in stone at that point. But like you said, he also told us when we called after seeing your post later that day, that we never told him we wanted it and were buying it. But that happens, like you said cash is king and there isnt much I can do when i am 3 hours away. Looking back its kind of funny seeing the tractor I so called mine on craigslist one minute and seeing it on this forum, purchased, the next. Sounds like you desereved it afteryour 800 experience.

Sounds like a big ole misunderstanding. I read over the post quickly about another forum member getting it. The post was worded as if someone else jumped in. Assumed someone else snuck in and grabbed it. To be honest, I never knew who ended up with it anyway :Unknown:. Didn't need to defend yourself for me. No harm, no foul. :beer2: Sounds like the seller was the confused one.

Back to the regularly scheduled program................

I feel the blame should be placed on the seller not with either one of you two. You both wanted to buy the same tractor and if you had know about it I'm 100% sure you guys would have gave each other the go ahead to buy it. Thank you both for wanting to give this 169 a good home and talking thru this like adults.:beerchug: