basket case?

I'm trying to revive this old girl, but she's putting up a fight. I'm not sure of the year, but it's not a Lo-Boy, and it's got a C-3 Rotary Mower on it. My three main problems are:

1. massive oil leak from what I assume is the rear main seal

2. electrical problem of some sort that keeps it from starting with any regularity

3. [i:0e614a9c90]when[/i:0e614a9c90] it's running it seems very under-powered (won't climb even a small grade), and sometimes sputters and tries to stall even on flat ground (which leads to problem #2)

it's been about a year since I've messed with this machine, and I realize that this post is a typical "new guy" post with little to no real information, and I'm not near the machine (about a 90 minute drive - it lives at our camp). So for that I apologize. But I just found this forum, and I don't have internet access at our camp.

Any general help would be appreciated. I managed to find several service manuals for a few different years Farmalls, so I have [i:0e614a9c90]some[/i:0e614a9c90] resources, but spending time in a forum always works better for me.
 
check your oil bath air cleaner and also the intake tube for debris or mud dauber nests. also check the choke linkage to be sure it is not slipping and leaving the choke on. also check your fuel flow to see if there is any debris in the tank, sediment bowl or carburetor. lastly check the distributor cap for moisture.
 
You would be surprised how well they will run with the spark
plug wires switched around. Verify that the wires are correct.

Are you sure that it isn't differential related - bogging due to a bad bearing in the rearend?

Sounds like you have electrical gremlins. I would use one of those books to rewire/check the wires from the ignition switch all the way to the spark plugs.
 
Nick...if you haven't found the farmall cub dot com website you should visit it also. A close knit group but they are a wealth of knowledge and have a great library. They can help you. Nothing there out of the ordinary. They all seem to leak out the back until you replace the seal and get your retainer machined to fit it. I think the rest is easily cleared up but I would do a compression check on it just because of the power/starting issue. No use chasing a lot of stuff down just to find out later the engine tired. I was given some fairly unenthusiastic info about Cubs when I bought my Loboy several years ago. It was a trial because it is so small and everything is so tightly spaced on the engine but, like all IH stuff, it is engineered to run and, by golly, if you put all the pieces in the right place..... it will.
 

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