HDS 2135 ground speed? - Page 3

dale c. · #21 05-04-2019, 07:16 PM

I don't know where you got your parts pic. ? go to the top of the page and click on cub cadet parts look up put in 2135 model # and click transmission controls and you'll see part # 8 or #20 depending on serial # is the damper shock you've been told about . the 2130 doesn't use the damper shock I've got one here and I went and looked at it . the parts list don't show it either...

yardiron · #22 05-04-2019, 09:59 PM

I probably would have bid on the 1440's but I had already bought the 2135 and my trailer was full. They'll likely still be there next week. They've been there for a few weeks now. No one showed any interest at all in them this week. I think the reason no one was interested is because they grouped them together as a pair.

yardiron · #23 05-05-2019, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by dale c.

I don't know where you got your parts pic. ? go to the top of the page and click on cub cadet parts look up put in 2135 model # and click transmission controls and you'll see part # 8 or #20 depending on serial # is the damper shock you've been told about . the 2130 doesn't use the damper shock I've got one here and I went and looked at it . the parts list don't show it either...

The parts diagram came from the 'Cub Cadet Series 2000" repair manual.
I had the fender pan off the first tractor, it looks like the diagram in the pic, I don't see any holes where one was removed either.
The second tractor seems to be the same.
If you look at the parts pics, the models ending in '0' have some sort of 'Cruise control lever' on the right fender. The models ending in '5' do not, they have a cup holder there and the linkage looks like the pic I posted.
Could it be an early and late model only part? Something that all models didn't have through the production run? When I look at the pedal quadrant, and compare it to the pic you refer to, it doesn't have that hole where the damper would mount.

What is the difference between the trans in a 2130 and a 2135?

dale c. · #24 05-05-2019, 08:38 AM

2130 is a auto gear 6 speed you're supposed to push the pedal down the whole way this applies the forward or reverse clutch if the pedal isn't pushed the whole way down the clutch is slipping and will eventually be ruined ..the 2135 is hydrostat you vary the speed by how far the pedal is pushed

yardiron · #25 05-06-2019, 02:35 AM

Is a 2130 worth anything to me as a parts machine for the two 2135's?

I sort of figured things like the engine and wheels will be the same, but how about the rest of the machine, is it just a different transmission?
Or is the 2130 the better machine?

cheesedawg82 · #26 05-06-2019, 11:14 AM

Kid clocked my 2166 this weekend, 6-7 MPH max in forward, 4mph reverse. It has big ATV tires out back, increasing speed via final ratio.

yardiron · #27 05-06-2019, 07:37 PM

I got the second 2135 up and running right this morning, it tops out on my GPS at 7.21 mph forward, and 3.9 mph in reverse. Not even close to the speed of the first one. Both run the same other than the speed. The pedals on the second machine are more sensitive, I don't have to push as hard on the pedals to make it move and the pedals aren't pushing back. On the first machine, I have to put a good bit of effort into either pedal to make it move, and the reverse pedal doesn't make the tractor move till its flush with the floor.

A buddy of mine picked up two 2130 tractors for me where he works, they picked them up on the side of the road somewhere marked FREE.
If I'm not careful, I'll have a yard full of these things. By the end of the week I'll have four here and I found a 2185 for $40 with a deck for sale too. I think the 2185 has bigger tires?

Alvy · #28 05-06-2019, 09:35 PM

2185 has 12 inch rear tires and a command 18 in it. Great score for that one. Repower option for an older cadet

cheesedawg82 · #29 05-07-2019, 10:34 AM

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If I'm not careful, I'll have a yard full of these things. By the end of the week I'll have four here and I found a...

So last year after renting a rototiller and pushing a wheelbarrow, I decided I wanted a garden tractor, and I accidentally bought a parts 127 on eBay for like $20. My girlfriend and I drove 5 hours round trip to bring it home. That was around June. Soon after, I bought a 106 and got it running. Somewhere in the meantime my lawn tractor broke, so I cast it off into the back yard and bought a new used one. A friend found out I had the beginnings of a home for wayward tractors, so she gave me the broke down 2166 project that she inherited with the passing of her grandfather. Somewhere along the way, 2 old MTD's followed me home for "reasons." My girlfriend fell in love with one, had me drag it to a certain spot in the yard, and she planted flowers all around it. The youngest loves to play on it.

Amid all that, I started accumulating attachments. Turns out I'm gonna need a creeper to run a tiller on my 106, and the K241 would have to work hard. Oh what's that? A good deal on a tiller AND a running 149? Can't pass up that deal. Neighbor kid wants to trade me a 1315 that's complete garbage and a 1330 in only slightly better shape for one of the mowers in the back yard? Sure, why not, some day I'll build a wagon out of the frames. It'll be neat. Wait, he's got an old go-cart for sale, too! The kids will love that!

Oh, the oldest blew the motor on the only one of your 8 lawnmowers that actually cuts grass? Better go buy another broken lawnmower of a different brand, and get every single attachment made for it. Really, though, you should keep the old one because the motor in the one she planted flowers in is still good, and it'll fit. If not, it has a Peerless 700 gear box and the kids will want it for the go cart. Just tuck it back behind the chicken coop...

You have no idea how true that statement is, my friend. What makes it even worse is that you've been on this site long enough that you've probably read up and become aware of how awesome of machines Cub Cadet garden tractors are, and you know damned well that you have got to take that pair of 1440's home with you this week.

yardiron · #30 05-08-2019, 12:18 PM

I was told that the 2185 has a Briggs & Stratton Vanguard engine in it but I've not seen it with my own eyes yet. I won't get up there for a week or two to grab it. My cousin really isn't much into details of that sort of stuff. He just emailed me the numbers on the side of the hood and what he read on the engine itself. I suppose someone could also have swapped out a motor over the past 20 or so years. (Its hard to believe these things are that old already, I remember when they started making tractors with the rounded off hoods and thought how odd they looked compared to what we were all used to for so many years).

I got the two 2130's home, both need deck work, both need batteries, both cracked and leaking tires. The one has a few big holes blasted through the deck and a few small rust holes around the brackets, the other is rusted pretty back all around the front of the deck from the chute flap around to the left front area. Both are missing their belt tension springs that connect to the belt release lever. Both started right up with a jump start and some spray down the carb. Both have badly rotted fuel hoses, the one has a leak back near the tank, the other one right below the fuel filter. The fuel hose is hard as stone and brittle, most of it has lost its outer rubber and is showing the nylon inner casing.

They need a bit of work but with just fuel lines, batteries, a couple of springs, and air in the tires they will cut grass. Cosmetically they're about an 8 out of 10.