Cub Cadet model 71
 

hey guys so on my last haul I had picked up three tractors 2 being cubs . I had free time today and started to mess with my 71 will start with the shape its in which is rough I think, gonna need some welding as the tower has some rot from the battery rubbing and I wouldn't doubt acid. So here are pics when I got it

I had gone on ebay the other day and looked for fenders , found some decent shape ones for $250 shipped to my home bought them and today they arrived . I did get the other little brackets but didn't putthem on cause they arnt needed right now as it will be all nice and painted up sooner then you think haha

oh so got it in the garage and noticed the starter gen don't seem to turn over very good took the belt off and it just don't hardly do anything, is it time for a rebuild ? anyone have a write up on these and can I buy a kit to do it myself be some good pride in that. got it cleaned up to with the power washer

Congrats on the 71:beerchug:
What up with the air cleaner, what is it?
Fenders really make these tractors pop:beer2:

Nice find on the 71.

the air cleaner is very special it was the first Ziploc clear cleaner , you could watch it clean as it ran :biggrin2:. I bought a cover on ebay and it just came in so I put it on. she gonna need some new exhaust id say the rusty muffler special is toast . anyone have pics of a nice stack setup on a narrow frame cub , do you need a muffler for the back pressure on these or is straight fine

well haven't done much to my 71 but planning on it soon gonna do duals as ive got another set of 6-12 and took some off my 72 did the switch. also got head lights from my buddy as for now that's about it and started to take the starter gen apart

well rebuilt the starter gen last night , has new bearings , new fields, brushes and brush clip springs. I bought the kit on ebay ill post the link. Its a nice kit but don't quite fit perfect couple mods but nothing big.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191052664054...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I purchased the same one and couldn't get the fields compressed enough to get the armature to spin freely. What did you end up doing?

I had to clamp them in with a C clamp to get them In enough then tighten the screws

I hooked up the starter gen on the 71 and rigged the wires to the on off switch someone installed little carb clean in the carb and fired right up turn it over good now . Ill be taking it apart fairly soon to be painted but not doing a complete tear down , I will need some parts for it but not to many ill post in the wanted page if I cant find what I need

Glad to hear it runs,
is your garage heated to paint in?

the only heat is body heat unless I grab the propane but ill be ok , suppose to be warm here next couple days and idk how far I really will get . I got a couple pics of it right now looks about the same but I did get it running, it has a walbro carb on it which id rather have the carter but it must be a rebuilt engine or a new one cause its pretty clean looking and don't smoke one bit but I cant seem to get it running with out choke then it gets to choked then I take it off and it dies, whats the settings on the walbro carb for a 8 HP?

looks like its time for another clutch disk its coming apart

well guys got it pretty far apart needs some welding and cleaning, not the worst ive seen by far though

started to sand blast and clean up some parts, the implament handle was almost wore right through I was surprised must have had a lot of use maybe the reason to a replacement engine , it has the walbro carb and newer black sheet metal . well any way hope to get more done today will see how it goes more pics to come oh and I did drive it before taking it apart pretty nice ride haha

Looking good :beerchug:

got the paint on today looks great was pretty humid today calls for :beer2:

Looks good. I really like my 71.

ok guys spent all day out in the garage but went from bare frame to running by night fall I even drove it around nice tractor steers really good polished spindles help a lot

pretty much done need a choke cable and a clutch hoop cover , some reflectors would be good or tail light even .

Looks great Mr. Chicken. Quality work and very fast. You still using the majic paint? I mixed mine 4:1:1. Can you elaborate how you mix yours? Do you use the hardener? Or clear afterwards?

Looks great.:beer2:

I still use majic paint, I did go over to the school bus yellow in a gallon, its the same as cub cadet yellow but you need to buy cub cadet yellow spray cans because school bus cans are the wrong color. I mix my majic paint when doing a hopper ful 16 ounces paint 2 ounces reducer and 3 caps full of hardener idk what that comes out to be but it always works great and I can assemble next days for my majical restorations . now what do you guys use for primer, you have to have a good base for the paint I always use rustoleum white primer never failed me and works great gives a nice true color , don't spray this paint over none primed surfaces it wont come out that good .

I used school bus yellow in the gallon, and you're right, the spray can school bus yellow comes out very dull, seems cub cadet yellow is much brighter.

put her to work today did pretty good but I need to get a choke cable and throttle cable since I don't have a choke and throttle don't have enough travel to work the carb, its not a cub cadet throttle cable. other then that it did great looks great matches my 102 nice ill pos a pic in the pictures thread

you don't f around when it comes to painting and restoring these.Nice work

nope my schedule is I have to have them done in as little time as I can , never know who needs the garage would have been an extra day if I had to work but 3 days is good about the quickest I can do think my 70 was the same

Btw unless my eyes deceive me you used a more correct white for this model instead of the "IH white" that you spoke about and used on the others. Can you tell us what white you used? Again, like everyone else says, you really did a fine job.

I used IH white I don't change paint except I went to the school bus yellow but no one would notice the difference