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Another fantastic day! Just got in with a IH Cub Cadet 1450!

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My 1450 starts and drives fine. The engine sounds real good without smoke! No creep from the transmission.

Then I picked up a cast iron AQS oil pan for my #1 1450,.....was five bucks! Woot!

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I'm glad to have this 1450, that's for sure! This was another junk yard save, BTW .

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Nice finds john.:beer2:

Great finds! I love the "saved from a junkyard" stories, kinda like a last minute rescue :biggrin2: I've got my number left at a local scrap yard to call when anything Cub Cadet comes in, but it never does :(

Nice find, hopefully its easy to get going.

Dang man, lucky dog. Congrats on the new 1450! I wish those kind of deals showed up around here. TB

Looks like a great haul to me.

nice!, saved my 128 and one of my 147 from the scrapyard

Thanks bud! You better believe I have an 86 lined up and ready to move in with everybody else!! This model 86 has its little connecting arm broke, hence the nice appearance and condition of the tractor,...so its fair to assume a longer period of down time.

I happen to save cans both aluminum and steel, and have been going to the same yard for 12 years or so. Anyhow, I see the 1450 way down toward the back of the yard...next to a huge Cat track hoe equipped with a magnet. Well, I sure did start chirping when I saw that! My friends brought the 1450 up to the front and held it for me until I had all of the $140 to pay for it and the oil pan. Man, I'm kicking myself as there is a very nice 44" IH mower deck there still. And the engine I removed the oil pan probably ran and came from a 128/9 or something because it was a Kohler K301.

I purchased the 1450 for parts for my good 1450.

Thanks, and yup, it was easy to get going! Now, my 1211 will need some help to get it going, but both the transmission and engine seem to check out positive. Got the 1211 for $110.

Its hard to keep money in my wallet! It was worth it just to have another ported pump, ignition switch, and a light switch that my good 1450 was missing. I'm already figuring when I want to up-grade my good 1450 with the new cast iron oil pan,....can't believe those pans run $30-$40 bucks plus $10 shipping charge!

Thanks Dan! I really can not believe how smooth and quiet this one is! Perhaps I need to have a short go-over video made about this scrap yard find.

That's a good save on your end too! There is a Gravely 430 Comershel { spell check } gt there too! Quiet a few others as well. No telling what will be my next Cub Cadet find!

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Nice score, John!

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Congrats John on a great haul. Might as well get that deck and and the rest of that motor if good. Your collection is growing well. Mike

Nice find at the scrapper,I have found quite a few that way.

Thank you Allen! You know, on my way home from the yard yesterday, I pulled in to the gas station to get a few gallons of fuel. Anyways, a Sheriff cruiser pulls up next to me, and the deputy gets out, comes over and asks" Is that an IH Cub Cadet?" Long story short, we had about a 10 minute b/s secession about old iron garden tractors! He could not believe when I told him how the 1450 was acquired, and that he would be frequenting the same yard too! When ever I have an IH Cub Cadet in the back of the 'ol F-100, folks always take a look, or ask me questions.

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Oh, we're going to try! I'll go back and ask them to set it aside for me. I have a model 86 to quickly swoop up, and I'm hoping to do so this weekend,.......

I will be up to 5 IH Cub Cadets,....

and 1 MTD /CCC 1211 Cub Cadet that I know will run!

You got that right Lew! The yards are the place to find some outstanding equipment that people otherwise think is junk to them! I seem to have a honey hole of Cub Cadets,........

Going to look over the 1450 this evening. I really want to save and put up/away the tractor,...... and get on to the 1211!

Man, does this 1450 run good! Head lights work awesome, so those wires, lights, and factory switch will be going to my good 1450. I have a nice 1250 screen panel with IH emblem to replace the one in the scrap yard 1450.

I never seen perfect zinc plated lug bolts with the West Pull, Ill. monogram, and I mean all 10! These are going on the good 1450. The hour meter is very nice, and the lens is very clear and functions great,....we'll swap that out too! There are a few odd's and ends that will be swapped out to the good 1450.

Anyways, I'm cleaning up this 1450. I decided I would start with the transmission. It leaks rather badly, and clunks back and fourth. Here is where I'm at now, and what I found wrong:

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Then, I noticed this:

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Here is a picture of the fender pan removed, all 12 screws turned out without incident:

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I have a parts 1250, and have a new part to replace the broken piece, and a replacement axel carrier. So, then we're looking at carrier seals if they leak, one carrier gasket, rear cover gasket, fluid, and maybe a filter. The filter on it is a Cub Cadet filter, probably not replaced too long ago. Good clues are found on this 1450n which describe a cared for tractor. I'm so-glad I'm not dealing with rust....the oil leak coated the inside of the frame resulting in all part removal made easy.

The oil leak is from a broken line running up to the single spool hydraulic lift. Going to clean up the transmission so that I can tell if another leak occurs after start up.

That's cool John, 86s are nice.:beer2: