Got a model 70 to restore
 

hey guys well my cousin told me his boss had some tractors that he wanted to get rid of and needed them gone. I finally got to his house a couple days ago and looked at what he had. Well one was a model 70 cub all complete and has the round fenders, I saw that and I had to have it along with the other tractors :biggrin2:. so here is what I picked up couldn't get much better on the price at $400 for everything on the trailer

That's a good score, congrats.

Nice pick up,.....
 

Heavens yes! That is a whopper of a deal.

Must be something in the CT air for such a deal to be legal!!:beerchug:
Amazing collection of fine pieces for such a crazy low price. I wish we were family.:biggrin2:

Nice finds on the cubs, that is a load of stuff!

Agreed.:beerchug:

now that's a deal . I have been able to find deals like that in nc.

well got it off the trailer and gave it a bath looks great next to my other cubs , might be a week or so before I get to it got a green tractor hogging the space, does anyone know if the tool box is original ? I know the frame being cut isn't and how do I tell the year of the tractor I got a seriel off the tranny but idk what year it is ill see if you guys know

the serial is 351530

the serial # is on the gear reduction housing to the right of that little rectangle.The other # is a part # for the tranny

thanks dark minion ill look tomorrow mourning.

Your serial number is on the reduction housing.
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The serial number on this housing is 89482.

ok serial is 69994 so its a December of 63 from what im seeing I thought it was a 64 so I was close

hey guys after looking at the 70 for a little bit the shifter seems longer then it should or were they also that way ?, also second seems slow compared to my 102 would take a longtime to mow the lawn id imagine

I also agree the shifter looks way to long, kinda looks like a wide frame shifter with the end cut off or straightened.

well guys getting started soon on the 70 I picked up some wheel barrow tires to put on the front rims, there rated for 330 pounds each so they should work, ive used them on lawn carts before they seem fine, anyone against these ?

You have the right shifter,just used what they have on the shelf,second gear is slower,as they used a the same gearing as an original up to a certain serial #92325 I believe
My 100 has the faster second,seems too fast to mow with...

The early 70/100s has a 16 tooth 2nd gear. Speed is 2.9 mph.
Your 102 has a 19 tooth 2nd gear. Speed is 3.9 mph.

Note: engine is running 3600 rpm.

Can you post a picture of the shifter?

hows this looked at it for 30 seconds and oh its just pushed on and I yanked it off with pliers , so the question is the knob should look like my 102 right ?

Hey guys orders a few parts for the 70 and noticed it has a kohler k181 in it so that's the 8 hp engine looks like I got more power haha

got started today on the 70 got real far don't take long to do bout 4 hours for today

should get a little further tomorrow

well guys got pretty much everything sanded and sand blasted should be painting tomorrow plus I had to weld and grind some parts on the tractor , my 102 was on duty to move all my parts to be power washed

she has paint now looking great

some more pics I even made a shifter knob out of solid cherry had the wood in the basement for years time to use a little, some wood lathe action and bam, got it stained and poly on top looks nice

heres some white painted parts had to wait till the storm was over to paint outside

Looking great. Nice progress!

Sweet! You're doing a great job!!

Looking good.:beer2:

did a lot today almost all together still need a steering column but I still need my decals also anyway. so today I went from bare frame to tranny in engine in and dash on gonna do the wiring tomorrow and cut and weld my exhaust it should look great gonna paint it black. also the SG needed bearings she was loud, should be better now but will see .

just some more pics for you guys . Also you see why I use the old bolts they have the IH stamp,

looking good like that shifter knob looks good :bigeyes:

thanks garth I like it better then the stock ones , thinking of making something for the brake pedal it has holes in it like there should be something on it hmm think more cherry or some cedar would work for that decisions :bigthink:

Looks good but I suggest that you add some type of support for that stack. The threads in the block are not designed for that much weight.

Keep up the good work!

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exhaust is done guys looks great, Sam the exhaust should be fine ill see if I can make some kind of support im not sure how but ill look into it the whole things probably weights 5 pounds so I think it should be fine. I have a sleeve hitch ill be installing on this some here should work fine need a bottom bracket and the Brinley adapter , decals should be in soon plus other stuff

Yup, that's a break waiting to happen with that muffler set up. Add a support on it, or you'll be sorry.:bigthink:
BTW, Tractor looks good:beerchug:

Agreed.:beer2:

ok guys ill ad a piece of steel from the frame up that should be fine , gonna have to put a 1/4 inch hole in the frame for a bolt but better then breaking the block

im also going to put the rear hitch on this 70 had a question has anyone ever put a tiller on a 70 ? I have the whole set up I took off my 106 and I have the brinly adapter on its way so I can put other stuff on it .

It needs a creeper gear too.