My sad 1450
 

I bought this 1450 to have at my recently purchased house, my wife and I now have 3.5 acres and I need something to pull a garden cart around. I wanted an older tractor and this cub fit the bill. Its in awful shape and after I have done some reading on the QL tractors I see that it is missing everthing that made it quiet and the motor mounts are nearly gone. It does run and runs well, hydro even works fine. I live in Lancaster Ohio so I'm in the backyard of Chris Westfall's Cub Classics, I imagine he and I will become friends soon enough.

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Maintenance was not necessary in this cubs past.

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Mufflers wrong, poorly welded on and loud. Pto clutch is missing parts.

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After looking at hundreds of images of mower decks and reading most everthing I can find. I don't really know what the heck I was given here. The mower deck is junk and the spindles are locked. I figured I would take it in the off chance I may need a piece from this mess.

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I've saved worse than that. May be a diamond in the rough. :beerchug:

You'll get her fixed up as good as new.

How wide is the deck?

I'm not certain on the deck width but it has the wooden roller and small outer blades.

Good luck with the 1450! It will be a great machine for you, once it's fixed up! :beerchug:

Ugly don't count, if it will run and go. Even though, I like pretty!

It looks like a 38a mower. That small metallic riveted on plate next to the non-discharge side blade spindle should give you the model & serial numbers.

I see a diamond in there too. Someone liked Fords! As far as the deck, that is an older style more intended for use on the narrow frame tractors such as the 127, etc. See the pic below, which is a more fitting 50" deck. It's unlikely you'll need anything off the old deck, but someone with an older Cub may want it. You should be able to find a newer one on CL in your part of the world.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think "Quiet" Lines were all that quiet to begin with.

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Not sad at all... another cub saved from a life of neglect!

I have seen far worse! Just needs work. There were a lot if people who abused them.first thing I would get a new air filter before runing it. Looks like the right deck hanger and mule drive but no pulleys . The deck does look like a 38a. What you need is a 44" deck for a quietline or 82 series. You will also need a mule drive for a quietline. The muffler ain't the perfect situation I would look for a replacement that is correct. Side panels prob run $50 for a pair. Ask away if you have anymore questions an check out our sponsers for parts.

+1

My 126 and 1650 needed much attention when I bought them - but lots of good stuff in those tractors worth saving!

Nothing that's not worth fixing up. I have a lot worse!

Yeah me too. Agreed with the 38 deck although that's what my 800 came with but probably because of the hp rating. I would absolutely save that and make it quiet again, side panels, shielding, the whole. I have a muffler for it, pm me if interested, good score

I looked at that plate bud sadly it is not readable.

If the parts present themselves for a decent price I will probably "restore" its quietline goodness but for now I need to work on that muffler. I'm working on the house and that's taking all of my money at the moment but soon enough I will be on this guy.

Throw a little bigger muffler on her and call it good. All the front air box does is rattle and keep the hood a little cooler. The side panels really don't make much difference and if the don't fit perfect the rattle and make more noise. Someone changed the air filter assembly on your's so the side panel won't even fit on that side.

Find a good deck, throw it on and go! Work on restoring it when you have time if you want.

Greg

Uh oh

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Bought this for parts. Its got alot of better parts on it, I'll probably put it back together for the most part. Had I bought it a week earlier it would have been 100% intact but the guy tried to install the motor in something else then gave up. I really only bought it for the deck and that turned out to be junk. Spindles locked and the deck rusted to hell. But I got my mule drive, side panels, muffler and housing and PTO! I figured I would spend a mint on all that. The 12hp that came with it is super clean and spins over. Looks like a wire harness melt down is what caused this to stop running. After I take off it what I want I will still have enough to have a roller so I'll put it back together and sell it.

Congrats on the pickup!:beer2:

1450
 

its like a dog you rescued . pretty soon they love you back !

WOOF !:biggrin2:

That will work:beerchug: Best of both tractors to make one good one, makes perfect sense to me.

I agree with everyone else. Xtreme Motorworks sells a good reproduction muffler box, and get the correct muffler for the tractor. I would bet that Chris Westfall would have a mower deck, mule drive and a correct air cleaner assembly with an air tube. Any Cub Cadet Dealer, as listed above can get you a motor mount set.

That tractor has a lot going for it. Fix it up. You'll love it. There are manuals, wiring diagrams and lots and lots of help here. You'll have a great time with it.

Its always a nice feeling to have a parts tractor on hand. I have a 1250 I use for parts on my "new" to me 1450 I had just got this spring from a OCC member. I'm fixing my 1450 up just as you are,....you can check out my thread at:

http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=565226

Congrats on your cub! Hope you post a build thread. :beerchug:

First thing you should do is remove that blue paint. It does not go well with the yellow. Blue and yellow together is BAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDD......................no one likes a U of M fan. :biggrin2:

GO BUCKS!! I never thought of that, must be why it won't start this week!