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- Arizona Mike
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- Tractors Owned: 6 Cubs and no mas.
1947 Circle series Farmall Cub with Armstrong lift, belt pulley, 5"rims 6" tires, SN 563
1949 Farmall Cub with high crop option and hydraulics
1955 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1955 International Cub Loboy with fast hitch
1957 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1959 Farmall Cub with fast hitch - Location: way high up in the Huachuca Mt. at the bottom of a deep dark canyon
563
I have been cleaning up 563 but still have many things I need to do. All of the grease and 90% of the surface rust is gone.
The magneto has been cleaned and polished, new points, condenser, distributor cap, and new grease. Still waiting on the rotor, but the one I have is good. Set dwell at .013. Is this the best gap? New hoses have been installed...saved all the original Wittek tower clamps Spent a little extra to get the one ply rubber hoses from OEM. The old clamps fit that hose perfect. Have loosened up almost all the screws and will lift off the tank and sheet metal tomorrow and install new belts, upper radiator hose, fresh anifreeze and check generator. Broke off one screw on front bolster...lower dog leg
Gas tank has been rinsed out good and clean, carb. is fine, made a new gas line though.
Also flushed the engine and put in fresh Lo Ash 30wt.
Have been brushing up the old original muffler and its looking nice now.
Replaced all the light gaskets with new rubber. Hey..Simichrome polish (known primarily by old beezer geezers) will clean all the tarnish off your headlight reflectors and will not damage the silver. The lights are twice as bright now. Don't rub too hard and be sure to remove all the polish when your are finished. Soft clean rag.
Have replaced the two front wheel bearings with brand new ones from John at JP.
Got the seat adjusted back.
Removed all the weights.
So far I have done everything myself..that's the therapy and the fun.
Had a great Thanksgiving here. Hope everyone else on the forum did too.
My daughter (twenty eight) and my son-in law were here from San Francisco (computer/internet geeks). Susan loves the '57 hi clear. She rode it for hours. She also beat her old man at horse shoes 21-3, 21-0, 21-0, 21-0 and 21-0. I taught her how to play when she was 9. She throws close to 70% ringers now . Brought her own "Eagle Ringer" shoes.
I took some pictures to show but my photo site (http://cgi.datazap.net/) is not working
Mike
The magneto has been cleaned and polished, new points, condenser, distributor cap, and new grease. Still waiting on the rotor, but the one I have is good. Set dwell at .013. Is this the best gap? New hoses have been installed...saved all the original Wittek tower clamps Spent a little extra to get the one ply rubber hoses from OEM. The old clamps fit that hose perfect. Have loosened up almost all the screws and will lift off the tank and sheet metal tomorrow and install new belts, upper radiator hose, fresh anifreeze and check generator. Broke off one screw on front bolster...lower dog leg
Gas tank has been rinsed out good and clean, carb. is fine, made a new gas line though.
Also flushed the engine and put in fresh Lo Ash 30wt.
Have been brushing up the old original muffler and its looking nice now.
Replaced all the light gaskets with new rubber. Hey..Simichrome polish (known primarily by old beezer geezers) will clean all the tarnish off your headlight reflectors and will not damage the silver. The lights are twice as bright now. Don't rub too hard and be sure to remove all the polish when your are finished. Soft clean rag.
Have replaced the two front wheel bearings with brand new ones from John at JP.
Got the seat adjusted back.
Removed all the weights.
So far I have done everything myself..that's the therapy and the fun.
Had a great Thanksgiving here. Hope everyone else on the forum did too.
My daughter (twenty eight) and my son-in law were here from San Francisco (computer/internet geeks). Susan loves the '57 hi clear. She rode it for hours. She also beat her old man at horse shoes 21-3, 21-0, 21-0, 21-0 and 21-0. I taught her how to play when she was 9. She throws close to 70% ringers now . Brought her own "Eagle Ringer" shoes.
I took some pictures to show but my photo site (http://cgi.datazap.net/) is not working
Mike
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- beaconlight
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I saw the bolt head and wondered about the tank and hood as two piece also. I am not partners with the PC police. I favor all changes that are improvements. The only problem I see is how do you hold up the tank if you want to lift the cowl? Gas is around 8 lbs per gallon. I would hate to support it on the instrument panel.
Bill
Bill
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Bill
"Life's tough.It's even tougher if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
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"Life's tough.It's even tougher if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
" We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
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- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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- Bill V in Md
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LT1045 Cub Cadet - Circle of Safety: Y
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Mike,
That has got to be the cleanest oil tank I have ever seen!! Must have gotten a lot of good therapy getting it that clean. Also, it looks like you are missing the radiator fan shroud. Have you observed any problems as a result? My Cub is also missing the shroud, and I am searching for a replacement.
That has got to be the cleanest oil tank I have ever seen!! Must have gotten a lot of good therapy getting it that clean. Also, it looks like you are missing the radiator fan shroud. Have you observed any problems as a result? My Cub is also missing the shroud, and I am searching for a replacement.
Bill VanHooser
Cub 54 Blade, Cub 193 Moldboard Plow, Cub 28A Disc Harrow
Cub 54 Blade, Cub 193 Moldboard Plow, Cub 28A Disc Harrow
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- Location: MS, Pope
Hey Bill,
Ole' 563 is still sporting a fan shroud....look close and you will see it.
While at the Cub-Arama, I bought a fan shroud from JP's for my Homely. Give them a call...they had several.
Ole' 563 is still sporting a fan shroud....look close and you will see it.
While at the Cub-Arama, I bought a fan shroud from JP's for my Homely. Give them a call...they had several.
"Never forget where it is you come from, or you may find yourself someplace you don't want to be"
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- johnbron
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Re: 563
Bill V in MD wrote:My Cub is also missing the shroud, and I am searching for a replacement.
Heres a shroud that member Ralph has for sale that looks pretty good.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 56571&rd=1
Then came Bronson
- Bill V in Md
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LT1045 Cub Cadet - Circle of Safety: Y
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Thanks, CubBud - I have been planning on calling JP Tractor Salvage, but the shipping costs are a little high to Baltimore. Re: the shroud, I guess your eyes are a little better than mine. That's the second thing, after memory, that you lose when you get older.
JohnBron, I have been watching that shroud on ebay, and I agree, it looks like a good one. I don't have an answer on the gas tank, but my guess is that he used some type of chemical stripper to get it that clean.
JohnBron, I have been watching that shroud on ebay, and I agree, it looks like a good one. I don't have an answer on the gas tank, but my guess is that he used some type of chemical stripper to get it that clean.
Bill VanHooser
Cub 54 Blade, Cub 193 Moldboard Plow, Cub 28A Disc Harrow
Cub 54 Blade, Cub 193 Moldboard Plow, Cub 28A Disc Harrow
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- Posts: 3543
- Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 6:30 pm
- Zip Code: 38658
- eBay ID: Cub-Bud
- Tractors Owned: Four FCUBs, one IH Lo-Boy, one B Farmall, two Cadets, and a John Deere B.
- Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: MS, Pope
- Arizona Mike
- Cub Pro
- Posts: 1952
- Joined: Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:16 pm
- Zip Code: 85615
- Tractors Owned: 6 Cubs and no mas.
1947 Circle series Farmall Cub with Armstrong lift, belt pulley, 5"rims 6" tires, SN 563
1949 Farmall Cub with high crop option and hydraulics
1955 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1955 International Cub Loboy with fast hitch
1957 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1959 Farmall Cub with fast hitch - Location: way high up in the Huachuca Mt. at the bottom of a deep dark canyon
ALL old Farmall Cubs should be kept here in the high desert of SE Arizona. Bigdog is still training me on the various things I still need to learn to make this happen..http://farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5614
No bright lights ..lesson two.
Cub-Bud is right most Cubs will continue to rust until they can get here. If anyone needs to store their Cub here to keep it dry, let me know and I will try to make arrangements to pick it up
JB, I removed all of the paint from the tank because most of it wanted to come off anyway while I was cleaning it..I just finished the job with a wire brush. I cleaned around the old decal on the back of the tank though. Its been that way now for about 6 weeks and has not rusted. I like it , don't intend to paint anything on this tractor as of now.
Fan shroud is still there and is straight
Mike
No bright lights ..lesson two.
Cub-Bud is right most Cubs will continue to rust until they can get here. If anyone needs to store their Cub here to keep it dry, let me know and I will try to make arrangements to pick it up
JB, I removed all of the paint from the tank because most of it wanted to come off anyway while I was cleaning it..I just finished the job with a wire brush. I cleaned around the old decal on the back of the tank though. Its been that way now for about 6 weeks and has not rusted. I like it , don't intend to paint anything on this tractor as of now.
Fan shroud is still there and is straight
Mike
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