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What do you guys find to be the most common cause of oil smoke? I do not have it on steady run, but get a puff on acceleration and quite a bit on deceleration of the engine. This is a model 70 (K161) 7 hp that sat for 20 years, it starts and runs great and smooth. Prior to the first start, when I ha...

I haven't posted in a while due to travels and other projects I have been working on. I installed a new head gasket, new carb, battery, air filter, new points and condenser, cleaned the tank and the Cub started right up! Now just seems to be routine work to continue to improve the Model 70. Drove he...

Thank You Dale, I think that is likely what I will do.

Dick Cupka

Trying to post a picture now

Hi Guys, Just started working on my new Model 70 with Kohler K161S 7hp I got a in December. I took the carb off to clean / repair it, it showed a low of wear in the hole on the Governor linkage, but more concerning was that one of the throttle plate screws was missing, Must have been a long time bef...

According to Monthly serial number charts I have seen, It looks like an early May 1964 build

Hi Guys!
Ken was correct, I cleaned the area around the serial with MEK and found a poorly stamped "8" in front of the other numbers, Hooray!

Dick

Thank You for the Welcome Dave, I have learned so much just reading old posts and looking at links.

Thanks guys, I will clean up the area and take a picture tomorrow
Dick

IMG_0970a.jpg IMG_0971.jpg I am a new member that just joined and I have only had my Cub Cadet 7 days. I have a model 70 that I got from the grandson of the original owner I just checked the serial number on the the side of my gear reduction housing and the number is 4688. This would seem to be too...

Hello. What a delight finding your forum! I just became a Cub Cadet owner 6 days ago and I am gobbling up as much information as I can. My Cub Cadet is a Model 70, that I acquired from a friend of my Son's. It has been sitting in his father's garage for 20 years without moving and although they have...