It lives
 

I had about two hours to kill last week, so I played and hooked up jumper cables to the Cub. The first positive sign it cranked & sputtered. I cleaned the carb, plug, and drained fuel tank of stale gas, & refilled. Two shots of starting fluid & it fired up. !'m needing choke & throttle cables + motor coupling this will get it ready for work ( childs play) :beerchug:

Congratulations on its new re-vival! Looks like it is wanting to be put back into service and with a little TLC, that should be quite soon. Look what you accomplished in just a short time!!

Cub Cadet 123

Glad you got your cub running!

Good to hear it lives!:beerchug:

I was playing again , the cub cadet 1000 now starts better then last time- no starting fluid, took both Abby & Fisher for their first ride on " pop-pop's old tractor ( priceless) then after i parked it they washed it . For the first time in 20 years that it's been in the family . It cleaned up nicely [ATTACH]:American Flag 1::IH Trusted Hand::Kohler1:[/ATTACH]

When driving the tractor i noticed a very sloppy steering , is the steering box adjustable for free play? Also the clutch / break is not operational pop it in gear & it takes off with a wheel stand strong enough to crack my back! ( no need to go to the back breaker any more just jump on the cub & make it go) i think the clutch is stuck or shot any opinions?:bigthink:

Could be that the discs are stuck, but I wouldn't be popping it into gear regularly without a clutch, you'll end up with bigger problems.

Your cub is looking good!

More news the cub runs , freed the clutch & watched it blast apart in all directions well now it's time to start spending $$$$$$$$$$ starting with a pilot bearing , clutch & motor coupling the. A new battery