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Randy in Maine Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:28 pm Post subject: 1953 International Cub tractor |
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Tomorrow morning I have to help a co-worker install a new set of points on a 1953 International Cub so that he can clear his driveway of a ton of snow. The tractor is a 4 cylinder (6 volt neg ground) and I figure I will take my dwell meter over there to use that to get it to the 47º +/- 3º that I like on my VWs.
Is that a good call? I figure I will start at about 0.016" of point gap to see if that gets us close, although I am not sure that is similar to a VW. I also have no idea on what sort of timing they require.
I don't figure the 6 volt will be an issue as I used a similar dwell meter on my 6 volt VWs.
My total tractor experience has been working on 2 cylinder JDs with magnetos.
Any tractor guys out there? |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22573 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday's tractors.com reports point gap of 0.020 inches for International Cub tractor. _________________ .ssS! |
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Brian Samba Moderator
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Randy in Maine Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2003 Posts: 34890 Location: The Beach
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:33 am Post subject: |
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Very good. I have him off finding some new spark plugs and some new points.
How bad can it go? |
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Randy in Maine Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Done. New plugs fixed the problem. |
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ToolBox Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 3439 Location: Detroit, where they don't jack parts off my ride in the parking lot of the 7-11
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Randy in Maine wrote: |
Done. New plugs fixed the problem. |
Just in time for today's snow...
The Wife was stuck in Boston 2 weeks ago so headed to her parents in Wells for home cooked meals from Mom. She worked her ass off clearing the drives. |
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Randy in Maine Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2003 Posts: 34890 Location: The Beach
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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My next wife is going to have to love to shovel snow AND hang drywall. |
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61Scout Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2011 Posts: 1297 Location: Shoreline/Yakima WA
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tncsparky Samba Member
Joined: November 29, 2008 Posts: 703 Location: santa rosa
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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My father inlaw is restoring a farmall cub. He also has a super H and a Super C. They are cool old tractors. I think they are cheaper to build than vw.
I think he gets his parts from a place in the midwest. He is getting a bunch of new / old parts for his.
Here he is taking the Super H out for a spin. There is also video of the super C that he is selling
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kamesama980 Samba Member
Joined: June 22, 2014 Posts: 323 Location: Columbus, IN
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Cubs are kinda cool little old tractors. I was looking at getting one a few summers ago but someone beat me to it. They have a water cooling system much simpler than our air-cooling: No moving parts in the cooling system except the radiator fan. coolant is circulated via convection. _________________ -Russell
"You don't get to blame me for how I fix what you break"
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tncsparky Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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That and the bottom radiator tank is part of the frame. _________________ "My Daddy told me, son if your stupid today you will be stupid tomorrow"
scotth17
I think you are just waiting around for a high-five from a unicorn so you can feel better about yourself |
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Randy in Maine Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2003 Posts: 34890 Location: The Beach
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:19 am Post subject: |
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AlthoughI am not a IH guy, I really like the cubs. They came in both a high clearance and regualr version and are a nice little tractor that can actually do some real work.
Plus you can move them in a pickup with 4' between the wheel wells.
My buddy doesn't take care of his which is kind of sad. |
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