My 149 and it's problems.

[cubcadet]

Looking good Sam.

[Cubcrazy]

Originally Posted by cubcadet

Looking good Sam.

What Nick said!

[ACecil]

Nice job, Sam!

[Sam Mac]

Think I'm about done with my local Cub dealer. Ordered 2 axles seals early last week, today one shows up. Story is the guy that orders parts made a mistake and only ordered 1 so it will be another week and a half. I don't think so NAPA will have them for me tomorrow and for less $$. Done trying to help these guys. Got the rear end brace pretty well fabed up. Had to do a one off for this tractor because of the brake arms. Hope to make some progress soon. I'll try to get some pics tomorrow of the brace.

[J-Mech]

My local dealer is 35 miles away. I just order direct from CCC online. Gets here in about 5 days or less usually, and if you set up an account with CCC seems like they treat you pretty good. If you compare prices to partstree.com it's ALWAYS cheaper.

Hey, the guy who made that harness, Mlamar? Is he a member here? How do you contact him?

[Sam Mac]

Jon

Sent you a PM

[IH Cub Cadet]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Think I'm about done with my local Cub dealer. Ordered 2 axles seals early last week, today one shows up. Story is the guy that orders parts made a mistake and only ordered 1 so it will be another week and a half. I don't think so NAPA will have them for me tomorrow and for less $$. Done trying to help these guys. Got the rear end brace pretty well fabed up. Had to do a one off for this tractor because of the brake arms. Hope to make some progress soon. I'll try to get some pics tomorrow of the brace.

Sam - I feel your pain in dealing with some of these dealers. I've had some crappy luck with them, but in my case, most of the time. It's no wonder folks buy the box store tractors, use them, use them up and toss them to the curb. Maybe less hassle than dealing with a brainless dealer that you are begging to take your parts $$$'s and providing them with the part numbers because they are to lame to know how to do a look-up.

I bought a new Cub Cadet from a dealer, they were happy to take my money, we were best friends, but when it came to service after the sale, I got the impression I wasn't so welcome any more. My brother just bought a new CC lawn tractor from a box store - he has had similar experiences, so figured, what the heck, at least the box store will take return.

Back on topic - sounds like you are coming along with your 149. I've got a 109 I need to bring home from camp duty. I've got a 14 hp engine to drop in place of the tired 10 hp engine (which I very much like) and an electric lift from a parts 1250 that I'm going to put on it. Ought to be very close to a 149 when and if I get finished.

BTW - I can't remember, I know that tractor came with a 3 point hitch, but did it come with the Brinley sleeve hitch and a moldboard plow? It's a scream to plow with these garden tractors!

Good luck,
Bill

[Sam Mac]

Got the seals from NAPA. Put the axles back in. Finished up the rear end braces and installed them. Swapped the wiring harness. Put the fender pan back on. Fired it up. Had to adjust the throttle cable it wouldn’t come back to idle. Changed all the fluids and filters and installed the tiller gear box. Have to find out why it’s not charging. It wasn’t charging before the harness swap so I don’t think that the issue. Drive shaft works awesome, no vibration from it.

[OffTime]

Looks good Sam. You do great work.

[darkminion_17]

Looking almost done,
on the charging issue
it is not charging because it doesn't have a credit card....

remove the sg belt, turn it over and ground the f term momentarily.it should slow it down if it is a working correctly. If good move to the vr and check the contacts for corrosion.