[Conner299]

You guys may remember my intro post, and how I recently acquired my first Cub, a 104. I found her on CL, and she looked to be a good deal. Truth be told, she still is. She needed a little work, though. The ad said running, but when I went to look at her, that wasn't the case. I was able to talk the owner down from his original price. I don't think I overpaid, by any means, but it wasn't the steal I sometimes hear about. I figured she had a stuck valve. I could feel negative pressure, at the spark plug hole, but no positive pressure. After getting it home, and tearing into her a little bit, I was pleased to find it wasn't a valve... Just a head gasket. The pic of the head shows a whole piece missing between two of the bolt holes. I took the head to work, media blasted it, and did the sand paper and glass deal on the gasket mounting surface. I then proceeded to rebuild the carb, and get fresh points, condenser, and a new plug. The spark plug the PO had in it had twice as much thread as it should've. I adjusted the valves, and points, and the voltage regulator as bet as I could. Mainly just the air gaps on the regulator. Along with some elbow grease and simple green, she's coming along nicely. The deck spindles will probably need a rebuild, but overall the deck is in good shape. I also scrapped the deck belly and sharpened the blades. My only problem, that I think I have narrowed down is a nice clacking while its running. My guess is the teaser spring. If not, it needs replaced anyway, so I'll service the whole clutch while I'm in there. I have some pics to resize, and a YouTube video to link, so I'll out those in my next post.