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Post by jerseycub on Jun 20, 2010 7:38:58 GMT -6
I have this 1972 Cub low boy that I bought some 10 yrs ago, and have restored to use as a garden tractor. It has served me for most of those ten years doing various tasks threw the seasons. Trouble is I have spent more time and frustration fixing this darn thing then anyone could imagine, it seams like I do something with it for a few days and then something goes wrong and I'm back to repairing it. Today I went out to the barn to start the old timer and crankity-put-put-crankity-put-put. just couldn't get it to run. I finally said to my wife that is it, as soon as it cools down and I get this thing running it is going up for sale and I am buying something that is reliable. I am sick and tired of wrenching this @#*%# tractor.
Bottom line for me is, I will never buy another persons headache thinking I can keep it working. It's just not worth the aggravation,sweet,and frustration.
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Post by Wrennie on Jun 20, 2010 9:02:45 GMT -6
Aww JC, sorry she's giving you trouble. But like you said its not worth the aggravation after a while.
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Post by jerseycub on Jun 20, 2010 9:24:20 GMT -6
Aww JC, sorry she's giving you trouble. But like you said its not worth the aggravation after a while. If I had half a brain in my head  I would have bought a new JD when I could have afforded it. |
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Post by spuds on Jun 20, 2010 9:50:48 GMT -6
Danged vehicles,its ALWAYS something.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2010 19:24:20 GMT -6
Sorry to hear about yer tractor Bro, but i know how ya feel.....sometimes ya just can't take any more.  |
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Post by ChileFarmer on Jun 21, 2010 7:23:02 GMT -6
JC, you can do this. We do it often. We have 4 tractors. Our oldest tractor is a 1952 Ford. Newest is 2002 Mahindra, best tractor I have ever owned.
CF
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Post by jerseycub on Jun 21, 2010 20:50:41 GMT -6
I went out this morning in the sweltering heat ready for a sweaty cussin time with that 154 Lo-boy and started with removing the distributor cap...looked it over and decided....well let me try somthin simple first, so I cleaned the rotor tip and then the contacts inside of the D-cap. Put it back together said a little prayer and turned the key and it started and ran like a champ.  Till the next time  . But for now it is back to work.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2010 21:55:48 GMT -6
Hey, hey Bro...thats great.....sometimes they just need a little TLC  |
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Post by spuds on Jun 22, 2010 8:49:15 GMT -6
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Post by Axeman on Jun 22, 2010 13:31:19 GMT -6
Glad to hear ya got her going JC!
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Post by jerseycub on Jun 22, 2010 15:44:22 GMT -6
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Post by jerseycub on Dec 6, 2013 9:24:44 GMT -6
Not fer nothing but I just got done reading over this post and I had to laugh at myself...Why you may ask? Because I still have that 154 in the barn and it's still working. I sure must have been that pissed over that LowBoy more then I can count, but the bugger is still hanging in there.  tky  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 5:23:12 GMT -6
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Post by jerseycub on Dec 8, 2013 9:48:35 GMT -6
xdx I looked at the date when I started that thread June 2010 three years ago, and I think I bought that Low Boy in 1999. I have been wrenching on that thing ever since then,and I have threatened to sell it a hundred times. Just can't bring myself to do it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 6:11:37 GMT -6
HeHe I know EXACTLY how ya feel Bro! The ol Massey is like a member of the Phamily but many many times I have wanted to just give it up! But everytime I get done with it she goes in the shed and I love her all over again.
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Post by jerseycub on Dec 10, 2013 7:33:25 GMT -6
HeHe I know EXACTLY how ya feel Bro! The ol Massey is like a member of the Phamily but many many times I have wanted to just give it up! But everytime I get done with it she goes in the shed and I love her all over again. X actly  |
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