Thank you very much for doing this. And so well done sir. I came across your video looking into more info on my Palmer P-60 I have in my sailboat. It is, from my understanding, nothing more than a marinized Cub Lo-Boy engine. I think I blew a head gasket so your video is so helpful to see what I'm getting into. Thanks again!
DetectorOCD the clutch is about the only wear item I have ever had to replace with any regularity, they are tiny, but they only burn out about once every decade. Other than that, they are pretty much bulletproof! Extremely thick castings that last forever.This one I am rebuilding has mowed by my calculations 25 thousand acres of grass since 1968. and absolutely everything on them is rebuildable.
i have a farmall cub, it runs well but i watched your video for the sake of be interested in how to tear one down. i have a spare engine for my cub that came out of a 154. it has the pilot bearing hole in the crank so it should work fine when the need arises. its a great running engine and i paid $300 for it complete and running. i lubricated the cylinders, valve seats, and valve stems with oil, basically mothballed the engine until i need it. it sits under my bench.
Yep. I did that in the next vid, didn't work!! 5 head studs were busted off in there, there's about 8 more vids on this rebuild, sometimes they don't turn up automatically and RU-vid makes you search for them
I'm looking into one, I know its unrelated to the engine itself but it needs a trans reverse shift fork. Can you give me any info on it. How bad is it to pull out the trans internals anything to that nature. I can't find any info on it anywhere
Travis Skelton the trans on them is not terribly complicated, but they are heavy! the manual you need is available at tractor supply company company. getting the shift rail out will be time consuming but doable. For your trans shift fork, google "Hamilton bobs cubs", he has TONS of used parts! While you have it apart, definitely replace the clutch, they are tiny little things that burn out pretty quickly, but they are cheap and readily available. You can also try lamb and Webster tractor in Springville, NY for parts, they have been a reliable source for me for years.
The2006rubicon and by quickly burning out the clutch I mean once every decade.... that's quick for a tractor that will run for 50 years....relatively speaking!
Sorry I haven't been on recently. I'm opting out of the 154 for a 185 that needs a distributor that already has a much needed hitch on it for my intended use. I'm sure I'll be referencing your videos when I dug into it. There's really not a lot of content out there like yours right now. Thank you for the response
You need to find a good mechanic to repair the engine. The head bolts you broke off wouldn't have happened if you hadn't used a air impact. Heat , breaker bar and socket. Its for sure you haven't a clue what your doing.
No impact gun. The bolts were siezed into the deck of the block from a bad head gasket leaking by and rusting them in hard. Heating them up even after soaking them in kroil overnight didn't work, they snapped off using a hand ratchet anyway. Wound up using a Bridgeport with a centercutting end mill after locating the centers and cutting the bolt shanks to the deck surface and it came right off with no damage. I never said I was the world's best mechanic, but I'm not the worst either and I don't appreciate being trashed by someone who doesn't know the whole story.
Hey Buddy I give you an A plus nice job! Self taught myself and proud of it 50 years working on IH and other old tractors. Took me 8 hours one time to remove head on 1957 IH 300 utility held on with all studs badly rusted nuts came off no problem like yours rusted in head bolt area space
