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04-19-2013, 12:01 AM
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Starting at the beginning...
Well, I'm new to this forum but am an active member on others, such as MTF, GTT, and WFM. I'm mainly a JD guy, my main garden tractor being a '73 140 H3. I stumbled upon this little guy a month-or-so ago, and decided that I would like to have a smaller machine for lighter-duty work, such as pulling a trailer or just carrying me around when I'm feeling lazy.
 It is a 1961 Cub Cadet "Original", and I believe the serial number (9679) dates it to May of the previously stated year. It has one of the original collared spindles, and one from a later Cub, with a bolt holing it on. I have replaced some of the parts and made a few modifications to make it more functional. It took me an entire day to just get that one spindle out and loosened up.  I plan to do a mechanical restoration and a few modifications to make it my own, although nothing that will make the "purists" cringe. It has a K-161 on it (545520?), that was missing 90% of its parts. I got it running tonight and found out really quickly that it smokes... I am going to buy another engine, that is more complete, this weekend to drop into it. I am very excited to get this machine going, but am taking my sweet ol' time because I don't want to mess anything up and want to enjoy it. I guess I'll just use this as my project thread. Now, onto the pics, starting from when I got it, until present!
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