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