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- schmibm
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Cub Engine Kit
I am helping my son with his '49 Cub full restoration for his 4H project this year. We are taking the engine to the machine shop to get hot tanked, bored, and the crank turned. We will bring it home to install the valve guides, then take it back for a valve job.
My question is, where is the best place to order the rebuild kit? I see several places and want to get everyones input to select the best quality parts.
Thanks,
Brian Schmidt
Janesville, IA
My question is, where is the best place to order the rebuild kit? I see several places and want to get everyones input to select the best quality parts.
Thanks,
Brian Schmidt
Janesville, IA
1949 Project Cub
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1957 Cub Lo-Boy "Mac"
1957 Cub with 5' Woods Belly Mower "James"
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- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
My preference is to get it from the machine shop. the one I deal with has very reasonable prices, and will go ahead and gap rings and install pistons, rod and crank bearings, for a pretty small fee.
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Either the machine shop, as recommended by John or your local auto parts store.
You local auto parts stores can obtain quality Cub engine overhaul parts.
Make a list of all parts needed for the overhaul. Price the parts at the various suppliers. You will find that there is a considerable price difference for the same part, item.
You local auto parts stores can obtain quality Cub engine overhaul parts.
Make a list of all parts needed for the overhaul. Price the parts at the various suppliers. You will find that there is a considerable price difference for the same part, item.
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- schmibm
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
I will do some shopping as well as compare the machine shop price. Thanks guys.
Here is a pic of our project ad we drug it out of the shed to begin.
Here is a pic of our project ad we drug it out of the shed to begin.
1949 Project Cub
1955 Cub Lo-Boy "Jack"
1957 Cub Lo-Boy "Mac"
1957 Cub with 5' Woods Belly Mower "James"
24 other Farmalls A thru SMTA.
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1957 Cub with 5' Woods Belly Mower "James"
24 other Farmalls A thru SMTA.
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
I think it's awesome you are helping your son do this, he will remember it for a really long time!
Every home is a school, what are you teaching?
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
I bought my rebuild/re-ring kit from NAPA , it worked out well, convenient and reasonably priced
- ricky racer
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Get the kit before you take it to the machine shop if you don't buy it from the shop. You want to have the pistons there so they can properly bore the cylinders to match the pistons.
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
As Ricky said take kit with you to machine shop before they begin work. That being said they will need to give you what size oversize pistons and undersize crank bearings engine will need. I have gotten two complete engine kits with new valves as well from Restoration Supply in Massachusetts and have had good luck with them. Great to see kids involved in these projects as well
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
you do not know what size bearings and pistons you need until its at least been measured 1st, you should bore it and cut the crank 1st then you know what the correct size is needed
- schmibm
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Hello guys, thanks for all the recent replies. But I had asked this question back in April as we were working on the project for the 4H fair in July.
Here is a photo on where we ended up at the fair. We didn't get the decals on because the summer was so rainy, we were literally painting in the shed on a rainy day. So it looks good from afar, but close up it needs to be repainted. We didn't want to waste the expensive decals on it.
We had gotten much appreciated help from members here with many different aspects of the full rebuild.
We took the engine to the machine shop completely disassembled. They did the machine work and ordered the kit for us. We brought it back home in all the pieces and put it back together. We likely paid too much for the kit from them. But in the time we had to complete it, that was the right decision.
Here is a photo on where we ended up at the fair. We didn't get the decals on because the summer was so rainy, we were literally painting in the shed on a rainy day. So it looks good from afar, but close up it needs to be repainted. We didn't want to waste the expensive decals on it.
We had gotten much appreciated help from members here with many different aspects of the full rebuild.
We took the engine to the machine shop completely disassembled. They did the machine work and ordered the kit for us. We brought it back home in all the pieces and put it back together. We likely paid too much for the kit from them. But in the time we had to complete it, that was the right decision.
1949 Project Cub
1955 Cub Lo-Boy "Jack"
1957 Cub Lo-Boy "Mac"
1957 Cub with 5' Woods Belly Mower "James"
24 other Farmalls A thru SMTA.
1955 Cub Lo-Boy "Jack"
1957 Cub Lo-Boy "Mac"
1957 Cub with 5' Woods Belly Mower "James"
24 other Farmalls A thru SMTA.
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Opps the revise of old thread my fault ,,,,,,,, anyway the project came out nice the kid will remember that one for sure, Congrats!
- Stanton
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Other than an odd colored tractor on your son's shirt, it looks like everything turned out great (just kiddin' about the shirt). So great you and your son got to do this project together. My dad was not mechanically inclined at all, so we never did stuff like that.
Thanks for updating us on this post.
Thanks for updating us on this post.
- Dusty B
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Still remember re-sleeving the B under a peach tree in the orchard after only 12 years,! Has not been touched since and still use it all the time (60 Year’s later)!!, Dusty B
Grandpa's '41 B
'56,,'57,'59, Cu'b
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Dad's DB garden tractor
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'31 "A Coup
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God looks out for those of us who don't know how to look out for ourselves!
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Dad's DB garden tractor
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Re: Cub Engine Kit
Doing a project like this with your son is awesome!! Not near enough people do this anymore. I love seeing stories like this.
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