New guy from Missouri

[Rusty red]

I recently purchased a 1953 cub at an estate auction.

[Bob McCarty]

Welcome to the Forum. Let us know if we can be of any help.

[T-Mo]

Welcome to the forum. You're not that far from Fredricktown, where each September, the last weekend of the month, there is an event called Cubarama, where Cub owners get together and show their tractors. If you can make it, it's a great event.

[Stanton]

Welcome!

Take some time and read through a few threads to acquaint yourself with the Forum:

• Welcome Wagon
• How to Upload Pictures to a Post
• Forum Picture Posting And Other Interesting Things You Can Do
• Using the Forum

After your 2nd post on the Forum, you'll have access to the all the free PDF Manuals. They are located via "Quick Links" in the upper left corner of your screen. Hit that and a pull-down appears where you'll find "PDF Manuals". Through that link, you'll be able to download an Owner's Manual (very strongly recommended) and any service manuals that interest you. You'll be able to familiarize yourself with your new-to-you Cub more quickly. Implement Manuals are also available.

Might also enjoy reading through this thread: What to do with a Cub you just brought home

Let us know if you have any specific questions by posting them over in the Farmall Cub portion of the forum.

Take some pictures of your tractor and post them. We’d like to see it.

Glad you joined us.

[Mike in Louisiana]

Welcome to the forum.

[Rusty red]

I will try to post some pictures in a few days. I was able to get the cub running with very little work. At the same auction I picked up a few implements for it as well. I got a 193 plow,a disc plow,sickle mower and a flail mower. I'm going to try out the sickle mower this weekend.

[Stanton]

I will try to post some pictures in a few days. I was able to get the cub running with very little work. At the same auction I picked up a few implements for it as well. I got a 193 plow,a disc plow,sickle mower and a flail mower. I'm going to try out the sickle mower this weekend.

Not knowing your experience with a sickle mower, many on here will warn you to be VERY careful you don't put your fingers anywhere near the rock guards and/or blades when moving, raising or lowering the bar. They often can shift, just a little, allowing the blade to move when raising/lowering them. Please be careful.

Would like to see those pictures. Where was the auction located?

[Eugene]

Welcome.

Not knowing your experience with a sickle mower, many on here will warn you to be VERY careful.

Take the tractor to the middle of a big field before putting it into service.

Mow a bit then try to stop the tractor. Clutch depressed, mower's momentum will drive the tractor.

Bunches of other cautions when using the sickle bar mower or any other mower.

[Rusty red]

The auction was just outside of Perryville mo. I have no experience with a sickle mower. Thanks. I will take it slow the first time. I plan on using the sickle for taming the rough stuff the using the flail mower for upkeep.

[Rusty red]

Trying to load a pic of my cub

[T-Mo]

Looks like you got the hang of posting pictures.

[Dale Finch]

Hope you were not hit by the tornadoes or floods out there! Welcome...nice looking cub!

[T-Mo]

Dale,
He's east of the storms - they were mostly in southwestern Missouri to mid-central Missouri yesterday and last night, with some north of St. Louis yesterday evening. He's south east of me, and we were fine in my area, which is about 60 miles south of the St. Louis area. But it's been a rough go the last couple of days with storms mainly to the west and north of us.

[Rusty red]

No tornados or flooding here. It stayed on our north and west. We just got back home today from a trip to Arizona.
I'm going to rebuild the touch control on my cub over the weekend. The fluid runs out of it about as fast as I can pour it in.

[Rick Spivey]

No tornados or flooding here. It stayed on our north and west. We just got back home today from a trip to Arizona.
I'm going to rebuild the touch control on my cub over the weekend. The fluid runs out of it about as fast as I can pour it in.

Not sure if you can see the leaks or not. If not, it is somewhat common for the pump O-Ring to leak, which lets your hydraulic fluid go into the engine crankcase. Check your oil level, if overfull, you may need a pump rebuild. Do searches on this procedure as there is lots of information on where to get the correct parts and what to look for. Also you need to use Hy-Tran or equivalent fluid in the Touch Control unit.