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Kevin, you probably already know this but I suppose it's worth repeating Check the serial # tag to verify if it is a true 169. A 129 will have a four digit machine code of 0046, a 149 will be 0047 and a 169 will be 0048. Yeah, I'm looking inside of a barn at one of those things too Maybe I will mayb...

Earthquakes- hurricanes, what's next?? map_specnews15_ltst_4namus_enus_600x338.jpg My Son just came home with this thing to replace the 3500w so we are good if the roof don't blow off or the house don't tumble down the hill DSCN1125.JPG The storm I remember best was Donna back in 60 and my Mother te...

Here is an 11" Atlas

Jeff, that is it- That is THEM. Those are the weights that I was trying to describe during a discussion quite a long while back. This was the best visual depiction that I could come up with at the time, any cream cheese with that??:lol: DSCN0295.JPG So I guess my next three questions are what are th...

That's a nice find, Lewis! The left over supply of that model is starting to dry up. Plenty of times conversing at shows somebody will tell me, Oh- there's one of those right over there, when I go over to look for myself it ain't there. I know of three of them side by side in a bone yard but I ain't...

Geezer is reporting in that he lost a lot of his data and it seems to me I recall that he likes this guy I have been known to fix things with rocks every now and then
Does that count?

I can't recall now exactly how it was that I came across this number for the IH 483B paint that was used around 1969, 70 on the Cub Cadets. But I do think it probably had something to do with some very dusty chip charts that I had a chance to take a look at years ago. 483B was supposed to have more ...

I got some clipping time in this morning with the freshly refurbished deck before the Sun got too up high in the sky But I couldn't get as good a display as Jeff though- Boy, do those things cut good when you put sharp blades on

Here is a pic of what a bare 42' CI end deck looks like without the spindle mounts DSCN1079.JPG This one has seen it's finer days :cry: The part went NLA around the mid eighties, ones in decent condition do seem to be harder to find these days. The cast sections are somewhat easier to locate since t...

Four castings were used for the 38 or 42 inch early decks, I'm fairly sure that the sheet metal shell and blades were what made up the cut size changes. At any rate these are from a 42" Left side DSCN1074.JPG Center section DSCN1075.JPG Right discharge side DSCN1073.JPG Right side ground guide DSCN1...

I really have to tip my hat off to all the folks out there that have done 100 point restorations on those decks- that is one very labor intensive project. As things would turn out I was to discover that there was a bit more hairline cracking at the rear mount points than I had thought. I took the tw...

Honestly, I'm sick of working on mower decks. Way too filthy and labor intensive. I'll slip plate it in the Fall- 20 hours of that thing was enough for me :? DSCN1056.JPG Between the two decks I had just enough of the good stuff for on hand for making a nice solid one, in spite of how it looks I'm q...

Jeff,
I don't know how to polish all these little rollers The cages don't even move.
But wait- there's more!!
Someone tried tightening it up with machine shim washers between the pulley and the seal collar- that welded into one clump on to the seal

This morning I took the mower deck off the 102 and broke it down Wow- :o was I really mowing the lawn with this thing?? No wonder that it felt a little shaky DSCN1046.JPG The good news is that there more than enough stuff on hand (aside from carriage bolts) to put together a nice solid unit :) DSCN1...

The 42 inch cast three piece deck on my 102 is badly rotted. I had plans to do some weld patch repair on it however that grand idea fell astray and now it's shaking itself apart. :roll: Here's what happens when you don't clean them out in the Winter time after just a few years- DSCN1038.JPG I bought...

Standard 4 link chains would probably be perfect for the conditions you describe, but I have to say that chains with cross bar studs are murder on asphalt.
It's your driveway

Why, it's not the bearings at all! They are probably fine to reuse. Those broken spindle cups can be cleaned up and re welded. Some place around here I have a sleeve that's bored to .755 I.D. and whatever the inside of the cup measures minus .010 or so. It aligns the cup concentric with the shaft fo...

Unless you are dealing with something like this you should be fine without chains- they will only tear up the asphalt anyway. DSCN0754.JPG Really, it's good to have 150 pounds out back not including yourself though, those throwers are front end heavy. It ain't too early to start talking about this n...

I use these, they work great and the price is right. Any car parts place will carry them
Some minor adjustment to the center thrust collar will probably be required, easy to do if one has access to a surface grinder.

Jeff, Those center section castings were somewhat prone to cracking and I have seen and owned a couple that had been brazed right to the deck shell, if it seems rigid enough just rebuild it right on the mower shell. All three spindles on it with the exception of the drive pulley employ the same desi...

This view ought to give you an idea of what to expect when using a wider wheel. It measures 11 3/4" from bead to bead. The tire is still wider than the wheel, and I had no problem getting it to inflate at that width.

Is the fuel pump the die cast zinc pot metal or the plastic type? The die cast type can be much more prone to a borderline vapor lock condition than the plastic ones. In spite of their simplicity, fuel pumps can be real temper mental things sometimes producing strange results. If your gas tank is ab...

Some are easier to spot than others

I have been looking into this a bit more. These views as shown in the TC-113 manual may well be addressing only the battery type rather than the size of the battery box. Item 10, (lower view) is listed as a Prestolite battery type 2481x. Item 9, (upper view) is listed as a Prestolite battery type 99...

This may assist you with the install for your headlight switch. Sorry that it is just a photograph DSCN0973.JPG Recently, I have learned that there is a reproduction IH headlight switch out there. Judging by it's photograph in the catalogue it is very close if not spot on correct, nothing at all lik...

I happened to notice something on another thread concerning headlights that Geezer had posted. Was SN 70830 the point at which the battery box was changed from the large 10 inch sized one to the smaller 8 inch size? I'm not quite sure what the image is trying to depict but the early view seems to sh...

Dave, Yes, I was thinking more than less the same thing. Is this the one that you use? Notice it does say for IH right on the bag, that's why I purchased them. DSCN0969.JPG Here it is mocked with a newer 1/2 inch wide 4L section belt and the depth does seem about right. DSCN0963.JPG I noticed one ot...

Seems to be the same one for either the single or double ring setup

Update- There is a cause and reason why all things fail and I think that I might have discovered something- The CC belt that I bought on Saturday is just only slightly thinner at the top than the old IH branded one. I do have every reason to believe that the rubber band thin belt that I was shown la...

Joe, I'm going to have to give that a try. If I can find somebody around here that carries Stens. I put this 32 dollar thing on today, this shot before even trying it. DSCN0947.JPG Notice how it's too low in to the PTO pulley groove I measured the thickness before mounting it and that dimension was ...