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Old 05-09-2010, 11:07 PM
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My 122 is now a mix of two different machines, and some other bits thrown in. Purists should click the back browser button now - the following pictures are nothing near "original restoration" condition!

I knew the K301 from my 122 needed rebuilt, so I spent most of last winter on the engine.






When this spring came along, I decided it was time to put the engine in the chassis.


But I found that the frame was cracked, and the cross member was pretty messed up.




My 126 was bought to be a donor, but it actually looked to be in fair shape. It ended up being the donor anyway since I needed a frame, and I liked the looks of the 122 better than the 126.

The 126 gave up her soul, and quite a few other parts. I stripped her to the frame and tranny.


There are quite a few differences between the 122 and the 126, but nothing a little backyard engineering couldn't overcome...

The 122 fenders were mangled, so I bought a tandem trailer fender, "Jeep Style" from NorthernTool and cut it to fit.








Yesterday I set the engine, and today I got it mostly back together. She breathed her first breath at about noon today. After 15 minutes, I shut her down and re-torqued the head bolts (they were surprisingly a lot looser than I would have expected!) It will take some more time and effort to get all the loose ends tied up, but she did a bit of work pulling around my trailer with 5 ea 5 gallon buckets filled with water for the trees.

I'm really happy now. She's purring right along. Still as ugly as a mud fence! There are a lot of other things I've done over the last few months, but I wanted to show you my end result. Hope you enjoyed the ride!






Hope you all had a great weekend! I sure did!
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Old 05-09-2010, 11:43 PM
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Not a bad job at all. Your cub is neat.
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Looking very good! The fenders look alot better then I thought they would. Keep us updated.
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nice work it looks good.
what are those tires i have to get a set of them.
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That is a cool, one of a kind IH cub cadet! Those fenders look factory and cover the whole wheel. Good job, keep the pictures comming in!
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My 122 is now a mix of two different machines, and some other bits thrown in.
The 122 fenders were mangled, so I bought a tandem trailer fender, "Jeep Style" from NorthernTool and cut it to fit.
I have a 107 that's in pieces, mostly there, but a few missing parts. If I don't resurrect it, I thought about putting the fender deck from it on either my 122 or my 123, maybe one of my 104s.
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nice job, I really like those wide fenders, itns it great how one mans Idea can give others so many ideas ! again great job
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You don t know how many times I've said I wonder why they didn't make fenders to cover the whole tire.Good work looks awesome.Keep us posted.
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Fenders are great!!!
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