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'49 Cub nears completion

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Michael Adams

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This week end I cleaned and painted the hydraulic lift - took two days. I worked on the lights and discovered all the bulbs had broken filaments. I cleaned up what I could, rewired the tail light and verified the connections were good and a complete circuit was present sans the bulb itself. I finally got a round to getting in the distributor and found some parts missing, some corrosion, so I cleaned and adjusted what I could there. Lastly I designed and built a test fuel system so the old Cub can be started for the first time in who knows how many years. I sure am happy I have a milling machine and lathe to assist in this project. My Cub is actually fun to work on.
Some pictures and lots of text on my blog : www.tractorstories.blogspot.com
 
I bought a small lathe last year and discovered the lathe needs a milling machine so bought a small milling machine too. I make parts as well as reapir them. It is sure handy to have.
I think the lathe is 7X14 and the mill is an X3 size.
 
Nice pics. Here's one of them. Hal
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I picked up a 10X24 atlas quick change lathe with a milling attachment last year and it is sure a welcome addition to the shop. Made some parts for my 1959 Cub that I couldn't buy. Brother passed away Augest 3rd so I haven't been doing much in the shop. I heard my nephew is going to sell brothers pulling tractor. That really sucks..........rw
 
Thank you Hal. It took quite a while to get the old gasket off that engine and even longer to get it off the valve cover. I recall it was a two hour job just to clean down to the metal.
I do enjoy working on the tractors (especially the Cub), taking pictures of the progress, and writing about it. Soon I hope to write that I started the Cub and it runs. I will make a movie of that!
 
10X24 is a good sized lathe. It must weigh over 300 pounds. After much study I decided to go with a separate milling machine although I could have added milling capability to my Micro Mark lathe. My mill is Harbor Freight and I changed the table to inch from metric. I plan to use the lathe to make a knob for the Cub ignition switch. The mill was super for drilling out the broken off screw in the Touch Control stops. I can even do threading on the lathe itself and will drill and tap the hole for the stem of the ignition switch before I remove the piece from the lathe. It adds precision.
 
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