Posted by John_PA on October 12, 2011 at 20:53:10 from (71.182.160.115):
Saw an ad on craigslist for a "1949 Farmall Cub" with no pictures and a reasonable price, so I had to call... Didn't think I would be buying a Cub today.
I will get pictures in the daylight tomorrow, but so far, it looks good. transmission seems tight, pto engages smoothly, engine doesn't run, but is rebuilt... what? yes... The engine was just rebuilt, but never started. The tractor which was advertised as a 1949 is actually a 1951, and there is a magneto on it. It looks like the engine might have come from a combine, judging by the bushing on the exhaust manifold. I know the combines had a larger pipe with a spark arrestor. Also, the oil pressure gauge is facing outward, not towards the platform and it does look like it has been that way for a long time.
The wiring is the problem. The tractor has the 2 post kill switch, for batt ignition, but it has a magneto. The wires smelled a little hot when he cranked it over for me. I didn't look at it until I got home and noticed the wire is completely fried from the magneto to the kill switch. It appears there was 12 volts of power supplied to the grounding post on the magneto. not good... probably fried the $60 coil... So, does anyone have a battery ignition distributor set-up they would like to sell? They were pretty common. I think it is the same as the Farmall A B C etc...
Aside from that, it cranks over nice and seems halfway to decent.
The guy has a brand new Woods 59L mower, probably from the mid 1990's that has never been installed on a tractor. The blades still have shiny paint on them. deck has a little bit of rust scabs jsut starting, but over all, the thing is shiny and really clean. I think he wants $600 for the mower, definitely a good buy for anyone in Eastern Ohio.
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