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Old 08-23-2016, 10:49 PM
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Default A rusty old 102 followed me home

I found this on Craigslist, and I went to pick it up today. The po got it running while I was there, so I know that the engine sounds good and doesn't smoke. It didn't want to stay running, but that's okay.
A kinda funny thing happened during the sale; I was standing beside the Cub, and talking with the po, when the coil blew up right in front of me! The coil shot a jet of oil straight up toward the carburetor, and it got splashed onto the battery as well. Luckily, no oil got on me, or the owner. As it turned out; the key was left on, and a battery charger, turned on "high" was clamped to the battery.
After that, I was determined to get the Cub home and teach it some manners. I picked up a new battery to start with, and I'll get a coil tomorrow. This will soon be followed by 4 new tires, a carb rebuild, lube etc. just to start with.
I'll show this 102 who's boss!
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Old 08-23-2016, 10:57 PM
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Nice find,creepy gear too!
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Old 08-23-2016, 11:02 PM
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Nice find especially with a creeper gear!!

I had a coil do that once on an old tractor... same situation... battery charger on kill with the key on and apparently the points were closed. Not a good situation!!

Glad the hot oil didn't get on you... that would've burnt like heck!!
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Old 08-23-2016, 11:25 PM
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My eye also spy an amp gauge to go with creepy and nice original seat. My second 102 had a shield over to coil to keep the gas from the leaky bowl off. Maybe you need one to keep the oil in the coil! Congrats and glad everyone's OK!
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Old 08-24-2016, 07:15 AM
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Thanks guys! I can't wait to get to work on her. The creeper gear was a big deal to me, but just the fact it had a geared transmission was also pretty cool. There's some work ahead, but that's half the fun.
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Old 08-24-2016, 07:25 AM
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Congrats on the 102. Glad you weren't hurt.

Keep us posted.
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Old 08-24-2016, 07:31 AM
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Congrats on the 102, creeper is a plus, glad no one was hurt!
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Old 08-24-2016, 08:16 AM
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Neat find! Lesson learned for all of us on the coil explosion. Thanks for sharing that story.
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Nice score on the 102!
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Old 08-24-2016, 10:29 PM
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I was having some concern today because I couldn't locate the serial number Then I came across this: http://cubfaq.com/serialnumbers.html
I was relieved to find it, and then discovered that mine has a double-struck serial number making it extremely rare and desirable to any serious collector. Anyway, I found the number.
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