Farmall Cub Oil Change: Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial for DIYers 

Nice to see a young person keeping the old tractors going. Good on you

Thank You and Your Dad. Happy to see the tradition continues. Tony Allemand

Just inherited my great grandfathers 1948 Cub. Just came across your videos and I am SO thankful. Tractor set for 30 years so I am certain I will be using all you videos for guidance. Also purchased your book.

Hi Rachel! That brings back fond memories of changing the oil in Grandpa's 1955 Cub, the first tractor I ever drove or used. You reminded me of Grandpa when you used your foot to push in the switch button. 😊

Watching these videos makes me want to get Dad's old 1959 British made B-250 diesel out of the barn and start restoring her!

Great job explaining how it’s done. You make it look so easy. Wife and I would love to own a Farmall Cub one day. They are neat tractors! Thanks Rachel! 🚜👍

Greetings from Back Creek Valley, WV. I recently became the proud owner of a 1949 cub that hasn't been messed with too badly, but still needs a lot of TLC. If you can apply the word "cute" to a tractor, the cub certainly fits. Your book has been great in knowing what to do...just wish I had your skill in doing it. Thanks to your videos and book I'm hooked and so is my hired hand who is also a young woman that doesn't mind a little dirt and grease. She is really impressed with what you've done and continue to do. We'd both love to see a similar book on the Ford 600 series, of which I have owned one for 27 years and just inherited 3 more. Since the inherited ones all need extensive work, we could really use your type of guide. Please keep these videos coming.

This brought back some memories for me. Where I grew up in Upstate NY there were quite a few of these tractors on the small family farms. They were extremely smooth running machines and very durable. We actually had the IH 184 'lo boy' which had a very similar engine to the Cub. Back then we got our supplies from the local IH dealer. They used to sell straight 30 weight 'low ash' oil that we recommended for these tractors.

I have a 1939 9n, and a 850 jubilee not sure what year, that I'm fixing to rebuild, keep doing what your doing, your a good instructor.

I bought the book and a Cub. Looking forward to restoring it this winter. Thank you for the videos and book.

FYI,. If you ever get some carburetor cleaner, lacquer thinner, etc in your eyes. Quick as you can. Get to a fan, compressed air etc. While letting a little air blow on your face. Gently open you eye even if you have to use your fingers. The air blowing will evaporate the solvent pretty quickly. Had this happen several times actually. Wow! Does it sting!!! But mine always resoved quickly with the air trick.

Hey Rachael, big fan. You forgot to drain the oil out of the oil filter housing. No biggie, look forward to buying your book.

Good video. I just bought a 63 Cub from a neighbor. I'm starting to get it running again and this video helped. THANKS!

Why didn't you remove the drain plug for the filter? I also would normally put oil on the gasket.

Just got a 1958 Cub and these videos are awesome! Keep them coming!

Tried 15-40 and oil pressure fell to 8-10 lbs. Dumped it and put in SAE30 and the pressure came back up to normal. Also if your air filter element has never been cleaned it would be a good idea to do it. It takes a little effort to remove the filter housing. Soak and rinse the filter with varsol or eq. Dont forget to clean the intake tube. It is crazy how much gunk there is in the filter and tube. Check the vent tube running from the engine to the filter canister they are usually plugged.

I enjoy all your videos and you Cub Encyclopedia is a great book! I wonder, however, why your oil change instructions don't include removing the cap on the pipe behind the starter so as to drain all the oil that remains in the casting which houses the oil filter. There is often a goodly amount (over 1 cup) of dirty oil in both that casting and the pipe, not to mention all the particulates that settle to the bottom. All of which is why IH put that pipe and cap there in the first place. Taking off that cap (in addition to draining the oil pan) makes sure the new oil isn't immediately mixed with more old, dirty oil than necessary.

i need to see where a lower radiator hose is changed ., havent seen anything to do with that yet

Rachel is great and an inspiration to all our girls. It's a shame the world is burning.

Thank you for the videos! Always watch them and they are very helpful! Currently working on a Massey to35.

Thank you for the Cub video ! We just bought one yesterday " Non Runner sat for two years " Should be a fun project .

I always enjoy your videos! Recently, I was having some problem with my 1974 Farmall 140 with it starting but shutting off after about a minute and not starting again until awhile later but it seems to be running fine now. Also, I added a little Sta-Bil Marine to the gas tank to help with the ethanol etc.

Thanks Rachel you do some very good tractor videos. I will look out for more in the future. They are very helpful.

America's sweetheart. I just love this girl.

I bought a 64 IH Cub a month or so ago, and just changed the engine oil and filter, when I removed the drain for the oil filter it was plugged solid, and probably 1/8 inch deep in the housing. After cleaning the pipe I used mineral spirits and rags to clean the housing and flush it three times to get clean rinse. IH put the drain there for a reason, seems a lot of people overlook this pretty important step. If you are in a hurry a couple skipped filter draining want hurt, but it will start to accumulate in the housing. Rachels book doesn't mention the drain, but does say to install the filter with the small end down. The video say something about the lable, or the writing being right side up, but on the wix filter the # is upside down.

Nice video with lots of detail (wrench sizes).

Fantastic thanks so much for your vids!! So helpful “Oil police” classic.

Rachel a great video,This is a very common problem with the likes of a lot of these tractor's ,leaving them out with out cover and setting over winter ,when spring comes ,you find the clutch has rusted to the flywheel or the trans spline has frozen to the clutch spline perhaps your father could help you on a video down the road on this ,and a way of fixing it without parting it. Charlie.

6:13 she finally cracked a joke. Nice!

Quick question, aren't supposed to drain the oil filter housing by removing the wing plug from the pipe below the filter housing? Also, shouldn't you replace the metal washer on the filter bolt too? Thanks

Hi Rachel. Great video as always.

Very impressive. Thanks.

6:13 "I am not the oil police, so you can do whatever you please" !! I laughed

very nice video I enjoy watching you take care of your tractors

I commented on another one of your videos, but since you did a dyno video for different types of gas I was hoping you would do one on wether or not a straight pipe or muffler will give the antique tractor puller more power. It's an age old argument I know. But it would be interesting to see the results on a dyno, maybe a farmall and a john deere.

Great video

Great video. Have the book (and a 1949 Cub). Going to subscribe

Great video thank you for all your hard work making the videos for us

Rachel are like Angel Mechanic

Great job!

Why do you use diesel 1540 oil

One thing she missed was draining the oil filter drain tube. But almost everyone misses that. Not unusual to find them having never been drained or cleaned in the life of the Cub.

nice job explaining Great video as always

Great video. subbed. We've got 2 Famall Cubs '50 and '53........I have hydraulic fluid leaking into our oil system so we need to replace the hydraulic pump seal......can you all do a video or send me a resource? We constantly have to put oil into the hydraulic reservoir ..... thanks

Great video, thanks.

Thanks Rachel! I was wondering if the oil filter housing needs to be drained also. Does housing drain into the oil pan somehow? I have seen that wing nut broken on some Cubs, so I would only tighten it by hand. BTW, I have your book displayed on the workbench in my barn. It's great info and a fun conversation piece when friends stop by. I also purchased a 15 min phone troubleshooting conversation with Dan a while back. He got the Cub running. Thanks Dan!

Hey Rachel, if I buy that cub book would you do one for the ford n series tractors? Please?

I found that instead of placing my filter in with words up, I had to reverse for the bolt to go in. I now suspect it won’t work that way either due to the other side of the filter pass through being too small.

Your the best

Question? I have a Farmall Cub and need a bunch of parts such as the carb, fuel sediment bowl, new spark plug wiring, probably a new distributor and other miscellaneous items my tractor is still the 6 volt system does this encyclopedia cover part numbers and show diagrams on all these systems? If so does your website carry these replacement parts?

You use 15-40 and I love that idea, but is it a modern synthetic or conventional oil? Many say to stay away from synthetic in these old motors. Please get back since I’m waiting for parts from your site and would love to know before putting the standard Sae 30 for its first oil change in what I’m guessing decades!

I'm bummed I sold my Farmall A a few years back. I'll be getting my Dad's 40's Ford 8N soon! If you're not the oil police, who is?

How do you tell the year of the cub tractor by the serial number

I'm not the oil police, you can do as you please. That rhymes.

Good work

Not going to lie, I thought there was a little more to this. I saw on another website that these Cubs take 10W-30, would that work too? I don't know a lot about engine oil.

Thank goodness you aren't the oil police there are plenty of those already.

The one stop for antique tractors, why go anywhere else.

Hi Miss Rachel. I have a 51 cub and there was no apparatus or hose connecting the carb to the air stack when I purchased it . Is it ok to bypass the stack with an air filter that fits securely on the carb air intake? I am using a four or five inch so cylindrical filter with a foam sheath. Thanks for the videos and I will certainly purchase your encyclopedia!

Hey Rachel, help me out with a little info. I saw a tractor in a local show quite a long time ago. Pretty sure it's a Ford Ferguson. Very stock looking, but equipped with a Ford V-8 engine. I believe it was a 289, or another Windsor base powerplant. Was that a production tractor?

Good good luck 👍

Hi Rachell could send your web site address for ordering tractor parts, thank-you

Good and good ✋

I use that same 15w40 but only Castrol different brand in ih b275 And soon after the lock down I will show you guys the tractor in my video

How much would you charge to come to Texas and change mine?

Question about your oil choice; not so much the 15/40 vs 30 but is it detergent or non-detergent? I used SAE30 detergent when last changed the oil in my 52 Cub and it stop running shortly after (7 years now) -- I will get it running again someday. I also have an H and don't want the same thing to happen. I did see and love the in-frame engine rebuild video and you also mentioned the same oil there. Love all your videos, I'll be requesting the book for Father's Day.

STRANGE QUESTION . HAS ANYONE EVER ADJUSTED THE SEAT FURTHER BACK?

Isn’t that oil your putting in is Diesel oil

The thumb down must be someone you jilted!

Wow the first view on a video ever holy geeze!

The encyclopedia has a centrefold? ;)

Carb cleaner in the eyes burns.

That tractor is a gas burn .