A little progress on the “newest” 104 to my fleet. See Link:
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=6655
As I posted, the transmission was locked up in second gear. So, yesterday, I pulled off the fenders and the seat pan to get to the shifter, which I also pulled. The shifter forks were rusted, as I expected, but they weren’t near as bad as the 122 that I had. A little persuasion with a screw driver freed them up. I will probably spray some PB blaster or other lubricant and then drain the transmission and refill before I button it back up. I reinstalled the shifter temporarily though to keep dirt out of it.
As I had the fenders and seat pan off, I decided to lay a fender deck off a 107 that I had – to see how well it fit. It fit pretty good, but there will have to be some modifications if I go that route. I.e., new holes drilled into the frame, the foot rest brackets from the 107 need to be installed on the frame, etc. This 104 has a hydraulic lift and 3 point, so if I keep the 3 point on it and go with the 107 fender pan, I will have to do something to get the 3 point to fit properly.
I also noticed there is a lot of grease and gunk on the inside of the right rear wheel and the axle carrier. So the axle oil seal needs to be replaced – from the manual I guess the tractor has to be split to do this as the axle carrier has a frame pad that rests on the inside of the frame.
I cleaned the carb, but it will have to be soaked in carb cleaner to get that thing clean. Unfortunately it’s a Walbro! And I still have to fix the steering on this. In the long run, I might just pull the engine off and put it on my 123 roller (and maybe put the 107 fender deck on it), instead of tackling the steering and the axle leak. But who knows, I like the 104s so I might just fix this one up.