Hello other humans

[dwillits]

Greetings and salutations!

My name is David. I live in central IA. I just picked up this guy and I'm planning on new front tires, blast and paint the rims (this year) and redoing the deck and body over the winter. My grandpa had one and I'm not sure where it ended up but I have looked off and on (not very intense searching) for a few years and this one popped up a few weeks back. I'm sure I overpaid but I don't really care. I'm happy to finally have one.

It starts so quickly that you barely have time to let off the key before it's running.

Hoping to enjoy my time here and I will post other photos soon. Cheers!

EDIT: These are the tires I'm planning to get. Thoughts?

[R Bedell]

Welcome to OCC..........

The 782 is a very popular model. I have one also.

[MBY852]

Welcome to the forum! Lots of knowledge here and nice shape cub there!

[ol'George]

Welcome to the group.
782's are my favorite, I have 2.
You will have questions and concerns as time goes along.
It looks original,nice to keep it that way as they are only that way once,
tires/seat look original also, a nice unmolested example.
The hubcaps will clean up decent with some chrome cleaner,
also the original series 1 engine in it likes the oil changed regular and live longer if allowed to warm up before opening the throttle up/working it.

[IHCubCadet147]

Welcome to OCC! Good looking tractor. I have to agree with George, if that was mine, I would leave it original.

[dwillits]

Originally Posted by R Bedell

Welcome to OCC..........

The 782 is a very popular model. I have one also.

I would expect nothing less than the administrator to own one.

Originally Posted by MBY852

Welcome to the forum! Lots of knowledge here and nice shape cub there!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by ol'George

Welcome to the group.
782's are my favorite, I have 2.
You will have questions and concerns as time goes along.
It looks original,nice to keep it that way as they are only that way once,
tires/seat look original also, a nice unmolested example.
The hubcaps will clean up decent with some chrome cleaner,
also the original series 1 engine in it likes the oil changed regular and live longer if allowed to warm up before opening the throttle up/working it.

Glad to be here sir.

Damnit George. I was already thinking about blasting and painting the cream (forgive me for not knowing the exact name of the color) parts and making them pretty again. Wheels, deck, underframe, etc. Perhaps I shall marinade on this longer.

Tires are most certainly original. So much so that the fronts go flat overnight. Unfortunately, I must get new fronts. If anyone knows where to find OEM-style replacements, I would prefer those. My internetting has bore no fruit thus far in that quest.

George, you can't give me advice on cleaning the chrome after telling me to "keep it that way" in regards to being unmolested, ya crazy old man.

I appreciate the heads up on the engine. I am pretty religious when it comes to regular oil changes. I also always let engines (from lawnmowers to semi trucks) warm up before using and always let things run/idle for a bit before shutting them down.

Originally Posted by IHCubCadet147

Welcome to OCC! Good looking tractor. I have to agree with George, if that was mine, I would leave it original.

Thank you. As mentioned above, I'm not certain what direction I'll take with this but I'd like to clean it up a bit. Time (or lack of time) shall determine a lot of the parameters of this project.

[ol'George]

I use turtle wax chrome cleaner or "simichrome" aluminum polish on hubby caps, don't wheel them,as it is too easy to go through the thin chrome to the copper plating underneath.
Put tubes in the front tires and use them till the sidewalls give out.
you can do anything you want to your tractor, just giving friendly advice.
As far as the engine, the series 1 have a deserved bad reputation of bullet holing the block because of poor splash style lubrication.
It almost cost Kohler a bankruptcy back then.
All that said, the series 2 and magnums fixed the poor design problem, (a lot were under warranty) (Deere suffered as well as others)
with a full pressure, cross drilled crankshaft that competed with the best of them, and they lasted.
There are still some that survived( like yours) that attested to the owner taking good care of them.
If you use it a lot, (not just a show tractor,) you will sometime in the future, replace the engine with either a bolt in series 2, or better yet, a magnum.
Some prefer to update to OHV engines but that is down the road.
No points deleted for a replacement engine from the "correct police" Ha,LOL.
You will prolly want to replace the hydro filter/oil and check the driveline for wear, after all it is 40+ years old.
Take the tunnel cover off and remove 40 years of accumulated debris from the hydro fins
All in good time as they say.

[dwillits]

Originally Posted by ol'George

I use turtle wax chrome cleaner or "simichrome" aluminum polish on hubby caps, don't wheel them,as it is too easy to go through the thin chrome to the copper plating underneath.
Put tubes in the front tires and use them till the sidewalls give out.
you can do anything you want to your tractor, just giving friendly advice.
As far as the engine, the series 1 have a deserved bad reputation of bullet holing the block because of poor splash style lubrication.
It almost cost Kohler a bankruptcy back then.
All that said, the series 2 and magnums fixed the poor design problem, (a lot were under warranty) (Deere suffered as well as others)
with a full pressure, cross drilled crankshaft that competed with the best of them, and they lasted.
There are still some that survived( like yours) that attested to the owner taking good care of them.
If you use it a lot, (not just a show tractor,) you will sometime in the future, replace the engine with either a bolt in series 2, or better yet, a magnum.
Some prefer to update to OHV engines but that is down the road.
No points deleted for a replacement engine from the "correct police" Ha,LOL.
You will prolly want to replace the hydro filter/oil and check the driveline for wear, after all it is 40+ years old.
Take the tunnel cover off and remove 40 years of accumulated debris from the hydro fins
All in good time as they say.

Thank you for the heads up on the "simichrome". I shall look into it.

Sidewalls are as cracked as Death Valley's ground. New tires it is!

Yessir. I was just giving you a hard time. Thank you for your knowledge thus far.

Cleaning is certainly first on the list.


So there are not replacement tires identical to the originals available on the market today?

[IHCubCadet147]

Originally Posted by dwillits

So there are not replacement tires identical to the originals available on the market today?

Here are the ones I got for my 149. “Rubbermaster”. They are pretty close to the originals. There are also others available, just google “16x6.50-8 smooth rib tires”.

[dwillits]

Thank you for the heads up IHCubCadet147.

I just ordered these.