Don't take the hood off!!!!!

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

I tell people, and I tell people, DON'T TAKE THE HOOD OFF you'll be sorry. Did I listen to myself, NO I went ahead and did it. the governor seal was leaking oil into the magneto, and replacing the seal didn't help, so I decided to see why. The radiator has a very slow leak, and its' a lot easier to work on the governor with out it on, so take it off. easier with the fan out of the way, so take it off too, good idea to check the bearings anyway.

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the ears are bad on the crankshaft pulley, so I may as well change it while I am this far.




May as well pull the front cover off and clean it up, and since I need to change the crankshaft seal That way I can support the back reinstalling the seal.




Now lets see, I think I'll ...........


Oh, by the wya, the oil leak was caused by a groove worn in the governor shaft, but thanks to Ralph I had one on hand waiting for this project.

[jostev]

sounds like you got yourself into a bit of trouble John

I will make a permanant mental note NEVER to take the hood off of teh cub

[cowboy]

I don't know mabe if I took my hood off it would be apart long enought for the grass to start growing and i could put the mower on and start mowing. At the rate I am going I will not have any grass till next year Disk till you drop

Anyways looking good John

[John(videodoc)]

i got one tore down a little bit further than that john. i do like that step!

[Bigdog]

John! John! John! I would think you would know better by now. I am so disappointed!

[Bill Blansett]

John, that puller you have connected to the front pully sure looks like a hernia make, but hoss enough to do the job. Bet you never encounter one that it won't budge. Bill

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

bill, that is a case of overkill, but after I broke a 5 ton gear puller on one, I decided to make sure I didn't have any more problems.

[Eugene]

Your 2200 PSI pressure washer would have cleaned up some of that mess. I just had to say that. Sorry. Eugene

So how is the Gibson comming along?

Eugene

[sviennadan]

I'm thinking I'm gonna have to pull my hood, to get the gas tank cleaned and red-coated, so I'll be in your condition soon, John. Making a mental list.....hmm, I think I'll change the head, as I noticed coolant on the #2 spark plug; been two full years on those plugs, so those'll get replaced, was thinking about cleaning out the final drives.... hmmm... taking the hood off leads to splittin' the tractor? Seriously, I will have my son lap the valves while I have the head off.

[countershaft]

What a "work of art" John. No matter the problem , John can solve it !

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Your 2200 PSI pressure washer would have cleaned up some of that mess. I just had to say that. Sorry. Eugene

So how is the Gibson comming along?

Eugene

Unfortunatlely, unitl I get a water line fixed at the farm, the closest water is aobut 50 or 60 yards away.

So far all that's happening with the gibson is i go by and spary it with Kroil a couple times a monthe.

['Country' Elliott]

Hey John...Those "pesky hoods" will cause MORE problems than they're WORTH!

Glad to hear the Gibson is gettin' the FULL KROIL TREATMENT (March sales have been a mite sluggish ...You MAY want to STOCK UP on the 2 Gallons for the PRICE OF ONE DEAL!!!

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

. i do like that step!

Between my artifical hip and arithritus in my back, getting on and off was getting to be a problem, which Rick Prentice (billyandmillie) solved for me by making a custom step I could get both feet on. Sure makes it a lot better. this is a close up of it before it was painted.

[sviennadan]

Hey John...Those "pesky hoods" will cause MORE problems than they're WORTH!

Glad to hear the Gibson is gettin' the FULL KROIL TREATMENT (March sales have been a mite sluggish ...You MAY want to STOCK UP on the 2 Gallons for the PRICE OF ONE DEAL!!!

Hey Country!!!!!

I just ordered my first bottle of Kroil this week!!! .........I look forward to puttin' it to the test!!!!

[Buzzard Wing]

Yep John.... I was warned too but failed to pay attention. I could deal with (ignore??) a leaky TC but the broken bolts on the rockshaft bearings had to be fixed.... so the hood came off. And the bad bearing on the long shaft to the transmission had to be fixed, along with the one for the PTO.

So, since I have the tranny on the bench, may as well strip it down to bare metal and prime it before working on it. And oh yeah, brakes may come in handy one day, so I guess I better figure out what I need there.

JN told me DON'T TAKE THE HOOD OFF! Like a little kid I just did it anyway.