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[XFARMA]

Hello, I have been reading this forum for quite some time and finally decided to join. Great info my hat is off to alot of you people. Hope someday I might be able to help. Chuck.

[spiveyman]

Howdy Chuck! Glad ya joined us.

[pete1941]

Welcome Chuck, come on in and take your shoes off, sit back and enjoy the finest Forum on the whole WWW and a great bunch of guys and gals here to boot. Glad to have you, Pete

[TexCub]

Glad to have you!!!!

[Kodiak]

Welcome aboard Chuck, Lot's of nice helpful folks here as you probably already know
Let us know how and when we can help

Ron W.

[DuxburyFarmall]

Welcome to the greatest forum on the web!

Chad

[JimT]

HOW-DEE. Welcome to the best site on the web. There are a lot of great people here. We will be looking forward to reading your posts.



JimT

[Into Tractors]

Chuck, welcome to the Forum. Be sure to visit the Introduce Yourself page and tell us more about yourself like what are you live in.

[KETCHAM]

Welcome a board!!!!!Glad to have ya on.Ask any questions you can think of.Kevin Kevin

[Hengy]

Welcome the the absolute BEST place on the WWW! Some of the greatest people ever are here...certainly the most knowledgable (sp?)

Mike in La Crosse, WI

[JimT]

Hi Mike,

I never worked on a tractor until last October when I bought my first one. I split the tractor by myself, with the help of some jacks I made out of bed rails and swivel casters. I split the tractor to install a new rear main seal and front tranny seal. Overall it was a fairly easy process. I removed the shaft out of the tranny and it went back in easily. I even used the shaft, before I put it back in the tranny, to realign the clutch plate after installing the rear main seal.

You shouldn't have any troubles spliting your tractor and installing the parts that you need to install. You'll find that it just takes a little time.

Here is a post of how mine was split. After I split it I used a jack to hold up the tranny/diff in order to remove the torque tube.

http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20273

Have fun and enjoy.

JimT

[49 Cub]

Welcome Chuck, dive right in and before you know it you will be joining us at Cub gathering!

[trac48]

Hello, I have been reading this forum for quite some time and finally decided to join. Great info my hat is off to alot of you people. Hope someday I might be able to help. Chuck.

You already did ,by joining welcome

[Rudi]

Chuck:

Well here it is..

First, to the greatest forum on the internet, and to the Cub Family. You will find that all the folks on this forum are kind, helpful and just full of Cub info and knowledge. They also happen to be the finest folks I have ever met

The Welcome Wagon is a bit overwhelming, but it has been designed to actually be copied to a Word Processor such as Microsoft Word (which preserves the active links), and saved to your desktop for easy reference at a later date or when you have a bit more time to read all the information contained in the links below. Please do so, enjoy and I hope this will be a useful aid in learning more about your New Cub Tractor

Filling out your Profile is a real help. It just needs to be - City, County, State, a lot less than what is available in your local phone book. Knowing where you are will help in members offering to come help, when you are looking for parts - the area that would be useful to you etc., Also our CubFests, Mini-Fests or a simple KaffeeKlatsch/get together over coffee and a doughnut etc., to help each other benefits. Just a thought

Ok, so here is the spiel :

I would suggest that you read this thread: New Members and Visitors, Please READ Prior to Posting. There are many great links to informative pages such as the ATIS FAQ's 1 and ATIS FAQ's 2, The Best of H.L. Chauvin who has written very interesting articles on troubleshooting common problems with your Cub. One of the other projects we have been working on and it will be a continuing effort is the How To Work on Your Cub - Maintenance Tips and Techniques. This the the place to go to get all the quick links to some very good articles written by many members of the forum on solving some of the problems we encounter as we repair, maintain and up-grade our Cubs. Keep looking for this to grow.


Also, you might want to visit the Cub Manual Server as there is tons of info on servicing, maintaining and re-building your Cub. In addition to this basic information, there are also a number of other useful tools available on the server. There is the Specialty Services page which has contact info for neat stuff like getting your seats recovered, buying quality Decals, Serial Number tags and a host of other neat items. Also there are the Parts Pages - both Used Parts Suppliers and New Parts Suppliers pages with links to quality dealers. I am always looking for YOUR favourite dealers for New and Used Parts to include here. These pages are intended to complement our Official FarmallCub.com Website Sponsors:

JP Tractor Salvage
Ralph's Cubs
TM Tractor Parts
cubguy47

I would also recommend that you visit Binder Books and purchase the three most important manuals you can own for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding your Cub. These are the Owner's Manual, the GSS-1411 Service Manual and the TC-37F Parts Manual. Although they are available on the Cub Manual Server, it is better if you also have your own paper copy. Binder Books is the only Authorized IH Publication Reprint House and they have the best quality manuals available. Most other's are not of the same quality. Just a personal thought here, the I&T Shop Manuals, although helpful in some areas, really are not sufficient for the job. If you wish though, they are good additional reference works.

IF you really want to get the skinny on all things Cub, might I suggest you get a copy of Ken Updike's Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet's . While you are at it Original Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet is Ken's latest addition to the series. Along with Guy Fay's Letter Series Originality Guide, these are three must have's in anyone's collection.

In addition to the above information, don't forget to check out the various articles that are available to help with your Repair, Restore, Rebuild or just your Maintenance Projects. There are a number of sub pages such as Electrolysis or Rust Zapper's, Maintenance Tips, Jigs and Techniques, Implement and Part Sketches and of course the Paint, Decals & Other Finish Questions which has the Paint Chart and the Paint Committee Decisions links.

Oh, and while the program still lasts.. you might want to check the Announcement: Navistar Free Gas Cap Offer - On-Line Form thread at the top of the Cub Forum and send away for the new style safety cap before that program runs out as well.

I truly hope that you enjoy your Cub and that you will be a frequent contributor to the forum. Again, to the Cub Family

[deputy jailer]

Welcome to the forum