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- Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
Several weeks ago I sent my S-76 out for a full electro mechanical restoration. Reports indicate that good progress is being made. I opted out from doing a full cosmetic restoration so it will never again look brand new as the one pictured above. My decision to go that way was based on the fact that...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
There was time today to put the 43 through it's paces and it performed very well. That one is a keeper. DSCN1658.JPG Because the audio output is either 500 or 5000 ohm based a matching transformer had to be installed between a standard speaker and the output side. This little matching transformer in...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
Yikes. This is the amount of burned out crap that came out of that radio.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
I have been receiving steady progress reports regarding the restoration of this radio. Things are looking good. As with anything over 75 years old there was a lot of undiscovered hanky panky going on inside. All of those issues are being addressed with everything being returned to factory specificat...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Happy thanksgiving!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1074
Re: Happy thanksgiving!!
It's time to start decorating!
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
After examining this rig carefully I reached the conclusion that many of the issues I had discovered at hand were beyond my limited abilities. It is pretty clear to even me that over the years there were several crude attempts made at getting it working again all of which continued to take things in...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
It does not make a lot of sense to me even with my limitations. Without an in line dropping resistor the voltages would be running jacked up inside all over. Such was never the intended design. Good used or new old stock 5Y3 rectifier tubes can still be had on eBay, it's not like they are impossible...
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
This SX- 43 is a work in progress. Produced in 1947. DSCN1481.JPG What would make this unit desirable is it was one of the very first receivers to offer FM reception from 85 to 110 Mhz. In those days the standard 88 to 108 band spread had not even been officially set in place. Someone fooled around ...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:31 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Ham and CB chatter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14549
Re: Ham and CB chatter
I added an S-53A to the fleet.
It's a great little radio
It's a great little radio
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Another Kohler engine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 970
Another Kohler engine
My Son came home with this yesterday after a four hour drive down to NY. We don't know much about it other than it was supposedly a backup unit for the Germantown, NY telephone company. DSCN1219.JPG DSCN1222.JPG DSCN1221.JPG DSCN1223.JPG It turns over well and shows compression. Sadly the large bras...
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:06 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: The Official Weather Thread!
- Replies: 713
- Views: 7300880
Re: The Official Weather Thread!
Hi Joe, hey thank you for asking. We are towing the line here all right with some damage to the driveway but it's still very passable. Plenty of folks all around us have had their lives smashed and I'm doing my bit by not turning into a galking bystander. Water has been running down our hill for a w...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: The Official Weather Thread!
- Replies: 713
- Views: 7300880
Re: The Official Weather Thread!
Six inches of rain in 24 hours with another three just a few days before is hardly normal. We were just lucky, that's all, surrounding towns became islands. I have seen the Connecticut river this high only a couple of times before. DSCN1113.JPG DSCN1114.JPG It's rather rare to see the flood gates op...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:04 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: The Official Weather Thread!
- Replies: 713
- Views: 7300880
Re: The Official Weather Thread!
Back in the end of May we had a hard frost that wiped out any chance of an apple crop along with who knows what else this year. That was followed by four weeks of no rain. Then we wound up with three weeks of bad air due to the Canadian wild fires. Then nearly one week of excessive heat in the 90+ d...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: Mower deck baffle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4590
Re: Mower deck baffle
I see no point in conducting experiments using a perfectly good deck. They don't make these things any more. I did however place a hydraulic jack along with some sturdy wooden blocks directly inside of the discharge chute to maximize the opening. DSCN0997.JPG Regarding tools and the usage of tools a...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:39 am
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: Mower deck baffle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4590
Re: Mower deck baffle
I need to get myself over to Tractor Supply and pick up 3 four foot strips of 1/8" x 1 1/2" C.R.S. This project is not at the top of my list, the 38" refurbished deck with those shortened up 42" blades on the 128 is doing a great job. And all the bending sizes that I need will come directly from of...
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:05 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: Mower deck baffle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4590
Re: Mower deck baffle
Thank you Chuck, I'll keep that under consideration. I think I've got all I need for now. And I'm leaning toward making the baffle from three sections at this point. My first step was to get the shell media blasted. Coal slag was used. DSCN0987.JPG I'm pleased with the outcome. One bag was used. It ...
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Plotting my own demise.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4160
Re: Plotting my own demise.
Earlier this week I got the call that the marker had been set.
So today the Wife and I made the two mile drive to go have a look see for ourselves.
It's mid photo about a third of the way up from the bottom.
And that's that.
Or did I say that already?
So today the Wife and I made the two mile drive to go have a look see for ourselves.
It's mid photo about a third of the way up from the bottom.
And that's that.
Or did I say that already?
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: Mower deck baffle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4590
Re: Mower deck baffle
I ground enough of this rusty scale out of this deck to get sick and tired of it. Twice. I know a guy. In process of making plans to send it off for sand blast. DSCN0964.JPG The old baffle material measured around .083 thick. 14 gauge. Have not ruled out going up to 12 gauge. I am going to keep the ...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:43 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
Yes, a carbide blade chop saw would have made fast work of that, alas I no longer have free reign amongst a 300 person machine shop so improvision becomes the mother of invention. The disc grinder did just fine. The thing there I think was to be sure that the center hole was in fact on center. I too...
- Tue May 30, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: Mower deck baffle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4590
Mower deck baffle
Does anyone reproduce the deck baffle for the 42' and 38" decks?
Cub parts lists them as N.L.A.
Mine don't look too good
Cub parts lists them as N.L.A.
Mine don't look too good
- Mon May 29, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
Just for giggles. Here are the small blades from the 42" deck
I sharpened them 10 years ago. Or was it 20?
Here are the small blades from the 38" deck. Check out the fracturing.
I sharpened them 10 years ago. Or was it 20?
Here are the small blades from the 38" deck. Check out the fracturing.
- Mon May 29, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
Here's the 38" deck with the trimmed down 42" blades on it. I'll test it out this Afternoon. Anything will beat the rounded off, fragmenting things that were on there, at the time it was all I had. DSCN0953.JPG Even with a very good disc grinder that was very labor intensive. I don't know if I'd wan...
- Sun May 28, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
I'm following Joe's advise and are transfering the cast spindle assemblies over to the 42" deck shell in far better condition. They are very smooth and tight even after twenty years since rebuild. Grease them often and they last a real long time. DSCN0951.JPG I had looked into buying parts to build ...
- Tue May 09, 2023 1:44 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
Not pretty but I was not after pretty. DSCN0908.JPG The thing fit like a glove and it runs very smooth and quiet. I did have to adjust the front end down about 3/8". DSCN0909.JPG I could tell right away that this smaller deck will be more ideally suited for my lawn with all its turns and slopes. DSC...
- Mon May 08, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
So they all do interchange, that's a huge plus! I kinda had that bolt pattern logged away in my memory bank but still was not sure. This is my first go around with the water pump style spindles and no sir I am not all that impressed with it's design. It is obviously a cost cutting measure that was p...
- Mon May 08, 2023 12:29 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
Thank you Joe. My Wife is back home and in recovery following surgery and doing very nicely however she still need 24 hour monitoring. Sorry that I missed you guys, but first things first. There have got to be enough parts here to make one good center spindle for the 38. Ugh. DSCN0904.JPG While one ...
- Mon May 08, 2023 8:15 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Plotting my own demise.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4160
Plotting my own demise.
Well NO, not really.
Although never underestimate the ability of anyone to screw something up when your not around.
I took care of this so that my kids don't have to.
Moving forward, one more thing off the bucket list
And that's that.
Although never underestimate the ability of anyone to screw something up when your not around.
I took care of this so that my kids don't have to.
Moving forward, one more thing off the bucket list
And that's that.
- Sun May 07, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
Re: 38" deck
The belt tension pulley was a fast fix but the center spindle is another matter. There is some damage to the pulley, and a lot to the spindle. I'm getting .754 on the pulley and .740 on the spindle. So it was loose for a while. DSCN0902.JPG After pricing that spindle on line I'll be borrowing a good...
- Sun May 07, 2023 6:58 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: 38" deck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3613
38" deck
Yesterday my Son came home with a 38" deck and he handed it off to me. DSCN0894.JPG Now, I have wanted to try one of these on my lawn for some years now. Most all of my lawn is steeply sloped and pretty uneven too and I have speculated for a long time that a smaller deck would cut back on scalping v...
- Sun May 07, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Cub Cadets and Shooting the Breeze
- Topic: Cub 149 clutch on a Cub 147
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1232
Re: Cub 149 clutch on a Cub 147
Hi Chuck, there are two basic styles of the non braking clutch that I know of. The single spring style DSCN0898.JPG And the double spring style DSCN0386.JPG Neither should slip under load, if it does then it's likely time for a rebuild. You will need the correct setting tool to assemble the clutch p...