Model 1000 information

[SS5150]

Not to discourage you but I don't see it being worth the money or easy enough to get running and usuable quickly.

With the budget you mentioned you should be able to get a turn key worker.....and if you're really good still have some money left to pick this one up cheap and fix it as time and money allow. I'd only be in for this for $100 but I'm not a quietline guy.

[Bob95065]

I forgot to say: Check the muffler and box around it for damage. The box is notorious for breaking particularly the aluminum casting that bolts to the engine. Kirk Engines sells a "muffler crutch" that supports the casting so it doesn't break.

I forgot to say that once I got everything fixed on my 1000 it is one fine machine. There is no way I could buy something new that compares in quality to for what I have in it.

Bob

[twoton]

Hey duckpin, welcome to OCC! Like Sam said, there's a lot of Cubs down there in CT. I recently picked up a good running 1200 with mower deck, front blade and tire chains for 650. A great 1450 with mower deck, front blade and a virtually unused #2 tiller and tire chains for not much more and a 1650 with duel hydraulics, double wheel weights, a front blade and tire chains for the same 650. All run great. It's more fun to tinker with something that's in decent shape to start with. I'd keep looking.

Congratulations on your pending nuptials!

[duckpin]

One thing that I have come to appreciate about this forum is that you guys (and gals?) tell it like it is. It is either "stay away" or "be sure to look for X and X." That is a big help, especially since there may be other forums where 100 percent of the posters would just say, "get it at any cost." Instead of typing out 18 or so usernames, I will just say thanks to all of you for what you've written so far. I am grateful.

I guess I have a soft spot for the forgotten and neglected — the aforementioned Land Rover that I restored had one rusted-out frame boxed around another really rusted out frame, to go along with 296,000 miles, but a year later it had a new frame and I drove it to an all-British car show — and so having driven past this particular Cub for a few years, it's grown on me. It already is a step ahead of everyone else because it's an International Harvester. I still plan to have my friend look at it, and if it seems like something worth saving, maybe I'll offer $175 or $200 instead.

But if not ... if any of you have a comparable IH CC with the Peco vacuum (I really would like to have that implement), keep me in mind. In the meantime, I'll update this thread when there is more to share.

Thanks!
Brian

[Bob95065]

Originally Posted by duckpin

One thing that I have come to appreciate about this forum is that you guys (and gals?) tell it like it is. It is either "stay away" or "be sure to look for X and X." That is a big help, especially since there may be other forums where 100 percent of the posters would just say, "get it at any cost." Instead of typing out 18 or so usernames, I will just say thanks to all of you for what you've written so far. I am grateful.

I guess I have a soft spot for the forgotten and neglected — the aforementioned Land Rover that I restored had one rusted-out frame boxed around another really rusted out frame, to go along with 296,000 miles, but a year later it had a new frame and I drove it to an all-British car show — and so having driven past this particular Cub for a few years, it's grown on me. It already is a step ahead of everyone else because it's an International Harvester. I still plan to have my friend look at it, and if it seems like something worth saving, maybe I'll offer $175 or $200 instead.

But if not ... if any of you have a comparable IH CC with the Peco vacuum (I really would like to have that implement), keep me in mind. In the meantime, I'll update this thread when there is more to share.

Thanks!
Brian

I hear what you are saying. The 1450 I bought was a total basket case. It feels like I replaced everything but the frame and transmission which I still had to fix. I bought a big box of used parts from a member here and he told me, "I've parted out better tractors." CCs are rare here and I hated to scrap it. I have a soft heart for these old workhorses.

Our house is in the mountains above Santa Cruz, CA on 2 acres. Really I don't *need* a garden tractor but it is nice to have. I have a 1000 and a 1450.

Once the rain stops in the spring I may mow grass once or twice. It won't grow much until the rain starts in the fall. That being said if I wasn't at work right now I would be on my 1450 tilling a garden for my wife.

I also have a 1964 BSA motorcycle and a collection of old chainsaws. I like keeping old machines running and using them. Sites like this are encouraging in the days of throw-away machinery and people that don't know how to turn a wrench. I'll always have dirt under my nails.

[Nailhead]

Originally Posted by duckpin

I live in Old Lyme. The tractor is in North Franklin, where I was born and raised.

I'll know more once we try to get it running. How much compression should the engine have?

My goal would be to have this back into original condition —*so long as everything checks out. I'll keep the board posted as to what I find. I'm sure I'll have more questions if/when that happens. Thanks!

The reason I have my Cub Cadet are the memories of mowing my grandfather's meadow with his CC when I was in junior high in the '70's. My stepgrandfather used to give my sister & myself rides through the woods in the little wagon behind the CC he had when we were toddlers.

That meadow, and those woods are in Old Lyme. Ironic.

EDIT: Welcome aboard.

[duckpin]

Just an update on this. Brought a friend along from the local tractor shop and he was in agreement with most on here, that it probably was going to cost a lot more than my budget. We took a closer look at the mower deck and he was concerned about what shape the bearings would be in (there were no belts, and the blades were tough to move). Considering it hasn't moved in at least five years, there was no way to know about brakes, etc. I was going to try to get it started, but I think at this point I will look for something else.

Thanks to all who contributed. The search for an IH CC with a Peco vacuum resumes ...

[twoton]

hey duckpin, check this one out! Not to far from you.

http://newlondon.craigslist.org/grd/5512552566.html

[duckpin]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing that. Looks much better than the original one I checked out.

[iseeit2]

Is there a Leaf Bagger that fits on a ih 1000 and where can I get one