New Owner

[Svicesv]

Hello, my name is Steve Vice. I live in Jonesboro, Ga. I have just inherited a 1970 IH cub tractor. Looking forward to learning about this tractor and using it.

[staninlowerAL]

Welcome to the forum and enjoy your ride.

[tldec50]

Welcome to the forum neighbor,enjoy your cub,great little tractors

[PFord]

Welcome to the Cub Club! I'm only about 30 days into ownership myself! Great and helpful folks here!

[Mike in Louisiana]

Steve, welcome to the forum.

[Pap]

Welcome to the forum Steve good luck with your project.

[Stanton]

Welcome to the Forum, Steve! Congratulations on your inherited Cub and keeping it in the family.

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

Now that you’ve logged your 2nd post on the Forum, you'll have access to the all the PDF Manuals on this site. That’s a great place to start with being a new Cub owner. There’s a few ways to do that:

• From a desktop or laptop, go to "Quick Links" in the upper left corner of your screen. Hit that and a pull-down appears where you'll find "PDF Manuals".
• You can also go to “Cub Info” in the upper toolbar, then hit “Rudi’s Manuals”. From there, you can access a variety of information.
• If you're using a phone, go to the "Links Directory" (second category down the main page). Once in "Links Directory" , scroll down to the second section "Tractor Parts & Manuals" and you'll find them there.

You'll be able to download an Owner's Manual and any service manuals that interest you. Implement Manuals are also available.

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

There are a lot of good threads dealing with Cub repair and maintenance in the How To Forum. Located here: http://farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=11

We’d encourage you to take the Safety Test located in the Safety Forum: http://farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=68084

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

Remember:

• Pictures are limited to 500 KB file size. Use an image reducer app or program to downsize pics.
• When you have a specific question, start a new thread in the appropriate sub-forum.
• Before posting, use the Preview button before hitting Submit--it'll show you exactly what your post will look like, including pictures.
• When adding your comments to a thread, be sure to look at the date of the last poster. If it’s more than a 6 months old, the posters are probably not going to see it. Consider starting a new thread.

Glad you joined us.

[Glen]

Hi,
The Cub operator's manual can help you learn about maintenance that the Cub needs.

Below is the 1965 Cub and LoBoy operator's manual. The experts on here recommend people read it. It has lots of info about operation, maintenance, and lubrication. There is a table of contents on page 1, and the index begins on page 75.
It shows how Cubs originally looked in it. The lube section begins on page 59.

http://farmallcub.com/rudi_cub/www.clea ... index.html

It shows the electrical system that a 1965, and 1970 Cub originally had.
Cubs made after mid 1964 originally have 12 volt, negative ground electrical systems.
The manual has 6 and 12 volt system info, disregard the 6 volt info.
They have said on here that IH didn't make a new manual every year.

The Touch Control uses Case IH Hy-Tran fluid. It is sold at Case IH dealers.
There are other brands, be sure it works with IH hydraulic systems before buying one.
The manual tells how to check and change the Touch Control fluid, and remove the air from the system.
Be sure to check the fluid with the arms in the rear, or down position, the manual says.

I would check or change all the oils before using the Cub. Using a Cub with low oil in a gear housing can damage the parts in it.
There are 3 separate gear housings at the rear area of a Cub, with 3 separate oil levels to check, the transmission, and 2 final drives.

The transmissions in Cubs commonly get water in them, from rain, or condensation inside the housing over time.
Changing the trans, final drive, and steering gear oils are on page 70.


The air cleaner is an oil bath air cleaner. Dirt that is sucked in settles to the bottom of the oil cup. It should have clean, light motor oil in the oil cup to work right.

The operator's manual tell how to change the oils, and what oils to use.

There are 1966 and 1967 Cub operator's manuals at the top of the page at Quick links, then go to PDF Manuals, if you would rather have those. I can't post them here.

There is a search box at the top of the page, to the right of the Farmall Cub, you can find info in posts that have been made.