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Jonathan Brown

10-03-2005 06:52:36




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Hello all, I soon will be overhauling my 1966 International cub low-boy and I was wondering about a few things, first I remember hearing a while back from some one that the the international cub low-boy 184 had 18 horse power. I know that these low boys were very different from mine, but werent the motor blocks basically the same?

Second could I get a head and pistons from a 184 and put them on my 1966 cub and get the same power or is it more complicated than that? I use thise tractor to do a lot of mowing and a little more power never hurts in the mowing dept. thanks to all who reply.

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gene (missouri)

10-04-2005 09:30:04




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to gene (missouri), 10-03-2005 22:19:37  
Sorry. The set screw for priming the oil pump on the Cub is on the left hand side of the block on the flange where the motor meets the bell housing.

Gene



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K.B.-826

10-03-2005 16:10:07




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to Jonathan Brown, 10-03-2005 06:52:36  
I am by no means a Cub expert, but a quick look in the parts books shows that your Low-Boy uses the same cylinder head and pistons as a 184. I'd guess that the horsepower increase comes from carb changes and an RPM increase?



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El Toro

10-03-2005 13:28:53




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to Jonathan Brown, 10-03-2005 06:52:36  
You would be better off to post this on the Cub
forum. You could bore that block oversize and get a little more power. They have stepped head pistons for a lot the tractors, not sure if they're available for the Cubs. Hal



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Jonathan Brown

10-03-2005 13:35:38




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to El Toro, 10-03-2005 13:28:53  
are cub owners not welcome on this site?



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El Toro

10-03-2005 14:40:57




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to Jonathan Brown, 10-03-2005 13:35:38  
That's not it at all, most of the postings on here are for farm tractors, I help with all the
tractors even if they're painted orange. Some may tell you to get off and put it on the Cub forum. The Cub engine doesn't have sleeves and its hard to increase the displacement to be effective in power. Most of the smaller Farmall
farm tractors like the A thru to C and Super C have wet sleeves and are easy to replace and you can increase the displacement about 10 cubic inches with an oversize kit. No machining is required on the block to do this. The Cub doesn't
have that. Even boring .030" oversize won't give you that much more power. You would be better off to mow more often or not to take a full swath. When the grass gets a lot of rain and grows fast I mow more often, sometimes every 4 days and when the rainy season ends I mow every week unless it's dry here like the last 2 months have been. Its been 3 weeks since I mowed and
still doesn't need it. Everyone's lawn is brown from the drought. Hal

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Jonathan Brown

10-03-2005 14:47:38




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to El Toro, 10-03-2005 14:40:57  
Thank you, I did not mean to sound angry, its just that I have noticed that a lot of time when people as questions about cubs somebody always tells then to go to the other site. I liek this site better becasue the people here are more infomative. I have read many of your postings and you are very helpful to people and that is why I like this site. i did not mean to sound snippy.

the cub is a farm tractor buy the way just a very small one. it was made to replace one mule on the smallest farms according to guy fay's book.

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Roger WI

10-03-2005 19:47:53




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to Jonathan Brown, 10-03-2005 14:47:38  
To me it seems there are a lot of people on this forum that work on Cubs. I am currently restoring a 1948 cub. This is the smallest of my tractors as I have several letter series tractors. The Cub is great to work on; because it has all the components of the Farmall Super A, but smaller. I like the fact that I can lift all the parts (even the engine block) without a hoist. The Cub I have was owned by a person who thought he was going to increase the power of his Cub. So he decided to bore out the carburetor to supposedly get more horsepower (he obviously didn't understand the way carburetors work). All this did was made the engine run lousy at any speed but wide open throttle. Secondly, he put on an alternator to drive the electric water pump mounted on the side of the engine. All that did was sucked up more of the engine's power. Good luck on your Cub as they are a fun tractor to work on. Roger

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El Toro

10-03-2005 15:36:26




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 Re: cub overhaul in reply to Jonathan Brown, 10-03-2005 14:47:38  
I'll help anyone if I can that has a problem. I wanted to tell you those Cubs have an oil presure
problem at times. They will lose their oil pressure at times from just changing oil. If this ever happens don't run the engine if there's no pressure on your gauge. I think it's because the oil pump is mounted in the rear of the engine block and probably loses it's prime.

If your're going to rebuild your engine I would highly recommend you rebuild the oil pump and prime it in a container of clean oil before installing on the tractor. Hal

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