Cub Cadet

1 minute ago, C-101plowerpower said:

the diff and clutch look rather crusty, i wish him good luck on the restore

Yes it doesn't look the best!

1 minute ago, pmackellow said:

That's a Meccano kit if ever I saw one !

 

I have got another back end for a 10hp which will be up for sale soon (as will the tractor when the gearbox is sorted)

 

Definitely a puzzle and they are both clueless with this tractor as am I!

@pmackellow do you know what colour it should've been originally.

As you can see its in a sorry state but he is hoping to put it back together for his friend. It was his friends dad who took it apart many years ago and his son would now like to reassemble it.

Thanks for your replies, he's just sent me some photos which ill post. Its a 7hp engine so does that make it the 3 speed Colt version?

Hi, i'll get some pictures up shortly, I have a friend who has a Martin Markham in pieces. The previous owner took it to bits and now my friend is trying to put it back together but it needs some transmission work etc. Does anyone know if they had manuals with exploded diagrams on? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Ewan

Nice job there 

haha how did he manage that 

Nice variation of exhibits there! I recognise that Wheel Horse in the last photo.

40 minutes ago, Stormin said:

I've got an anvil. May make a forge one day.

 

The tube going under on yours and the extension lead, make me think there's a fan somewhere.

 

I keep looking at anvils but they seem to be expensive, yes i've got an air bed pump thats rigged up to it, works well in my opinion 

13 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Nice work again, Ewan.  

 

I was going to take mine to Newby, but I don't think I'll bother now. Be to embarrassing.

Cheers Norm, I don't know how it'll perform on wood consumption, its only small but it certainly got hot on the test run! Bring it along 

22 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Nice work Ewan. One mistake though. Mine! Showed them to swmbo. "You could make me some."

Thanks My mum has already commissioned some, quite a challenge to make without a proper anvil.

Last year I made a forge out a gas bottle we had laying around, i've made a few little things but nothing of much significance so I thought i'd make some shelf brackets.

Slight cuts were put in them so I could bend them in the same place.

All the components before bending, not bad to say they were done by eye

Above the photo shows them with all the welding complete and a coating of wax.

And the finished thing, the screws will get replaced eventually with black ones.

Good use of a mule drive, quick and easy to remove! 

Ive had this small gas bottle hanging around for over a year, i've already made a forge out of a larger one but I have always wanted to make a little stove to cook on when we go to shows. with the help of my dads welding we knocked this up in a couple of days.

The legs can be removed by loosening the bolts, the idea was to make everything quite compact.

Im pleased with how its turned out, when I get round to it I need to add another air vent, a new handle and some other little bits but hopefully it will serve us well!

Just the engine I needed for my Wheel Horse rj58 i've just bought, I know that lots of Clinton engines came from the factory yellow. The one which I have is also yellow. 

9 minutes ago, the showman said:

I'll have a look to see if I have a spare one

Great, thanks Chris! much appreciated

12 hours ago, the showman said:

What size do you want Ewan ?

I have found the small flat idler pulleys on the bay but i'm looking for the 4" v pulley and have been struggling to find anything bigger than 2.50"

Good job Chris, gives me a couple more ideas.

I started to make a couple of these idlers a few months ago for my tiller and never finished them. Does anyone know where I can buy a big idler?

 Spot on!

31 minutes ago, the showman said:

Fantastic Ewan, that's very helpful I'll order one. .

thanks

No problem, cheaper than buying from the US 

My Cub cadet had the same button and I ordered a similar one off ebay, not the one I bought but it looks like yours:

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-New-Holland-Model-N-9N-Tractor-Starter-Switch-Foot-Operated-Push-Button-/222288087681?hash=item33c1670a81:g:vYUAAOSwal5YCO7r

Nice photos, interesting that the cub cadet original had a cc 70/100 bonnet 

Our Wheel Horse plows have exactly the same bracket at an angle, when we've ploughed and the wheels are in the furrow the plough has been vertical so looks good to me.

An awesome find!  still looking for one myself!

On 18/04/2017 at 8:21 PM, the showman said:

Thanks Ewan, did you get to use it and was it any good ?

It looked well but we never had the chance to use it as my dad said, re-watching that video and now that I know a little bit more about ploughing I can see that it obviously wasn't set up right as the coulter wheel wasn't cutting the ground.