xenon172 Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 Fixed a friends Cub Cadet 1650 the other day. All that was really wrong with it was that the ISO mounts were shot and needed to be replaced. When I pulled the engine I discovered that someone had taken the unique approach of using electrical tape to hold the broken mounts together which didn't work for long. After going through the trouble of pulling the engine why not put new parts in that are readily available? Kudos to Cub on their repair kit, they listed the torque specs rather making you go find it in a manual.
dentwizz Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 One for the 'what were they thinking?' file I suppose.
plastikosmd Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 probably for a quick sell without putting money into it
papamerkle Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 One of the upgrades to the engine mounts is to weld them together as shown in the picture. [img]/club2/attach/papamerkle/2.JPG[/img] Most only weld the flat piece in place. I will weld the rounded piece in because this Cub is used for moldboard plowing. I found the best way to repair this is to go to solid mounts and a cast iron oil pan.
xenon172 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Posted August 25, 2008 Yes indeed it is and nicely done. If it was my tractor I would have gone the extra mile but my friend didn't want to wait for the fabrication and welding which I would have to send out. Of course when you are doing a favor for someone, sometimes it escalates into a chore. He brought his 1250 up as well and wanted the front hydraulics in that unit transferred to the 1650. Needless to say it was a long weekend of not getting my own stuff done.
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