Welcome Ike - Member #700
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Rudi":3520k0er said:
Yup, It is growing membership fast. That is because it is not only a great forum but also has the most knowledgable decent polite posters of any forums that I read.
I was thinking awhile back of having a contest for the fun of it as to who could guess the closest time as to when the 1000th member signs on. My guess would be sometime this coming september. :?:
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Welcome, Ike.
This board coupled with getting your hands dirty will no doubt leave you with a smile on your face.
If you every need a question answered these guy's are the best.
They are "The Man"
JB, my guess is October 27th (Steven's bd)
This board coupled with getting your hands dirty will no doubt leave you with a smile on your face.
If you every need a question answered these guy's are the best.
They are "The Man"
JB, my guess is October 27th (Steven's bd)
Thanks for the welcome! I picked up a 51 Cub this past summer. It runs, but it had been in the weather so long that the transmission was full of water. Cleaning up the gears and replacing bearings will have to be the first order of business. Then while that is apart, I might as well....
Ike
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George Willer
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Ike,
Welcome aboard! Glad to have you. We'll help you along the way whenever you ask.
Here's a picture of my '51 very early in the restoration.
Here's another picture after it was farther along.
Welcome aboard! Glad to have you. We'll help you along the way whenever you ask.
Here's a picture of my '51 very early in the restoration.
Here's another picture after it was farther along.
George Willer
501 Club
Yo's Dad":2wm20i0y said:
Y.D., my son,
Black is the correct color for starters... if they have ever been replaced. I know they came from the factory red (or white), but I just like black better. I think it's a nice accent.
Maw's in a snit about the pink. She says she should have been consulted about the choices. She thinks she prefers the pale smoky blue I painted her Mercedes many years ago. She's still upset that I sold it... for more than double what we had in it. She also insists on white wheels. If I paint it blue, I da**ed sure won't do the hand rubbed lacquer thing!
She says she would also allow it to be red.
George:
That has also been a topic of discussion here with other Cub fanatics in my area. :? Some want them red and some like me prefer them black. :wink: My basic reasoning is because after over 50 years for the earlier Cubs, the chances of an original starter have become slim. Also, many of the originals if still equiped probably have been rebuilt at some time. These two considerations in hand, then black would have to be the "correct" colour. The chances of having a factory original would be slim to non-existant.
Sooo, to my mind, :roll: having a red starter would be out of place. Now this fits perfectly with what I have planned which is to paint the starter black.
Thanks for explaining it so well.
That has also been a topic of discussion here with other Cub fanatics in my area. :? Some want them red and some like me prefer them black. :wink: My basic reasoning is because after over 50 years for the earlier Cubs, the chances of an original starter have become slim. Also, many of the originals if still equiped probably have been rebuilt at some time. These two considerations in hand, then black would have to be the "correct" colour. The chances of having a factory original would be slim to non-existant.
Sooo, to my mind, :roll: having a red starter would be out of place. Now this fits perfectly with what I have planned which is to paint the starter black.
Thanks for explaining it so well.
Indiana Robinson
Well-known member
I also like the black starters. You have me wondering though which color the starter on my CUB is... The whole tractor is all one color (reddish rust) but I can't visualize that starter to save me. I guess I will have to go look. Dang, now I have to try to remember where I left it. 
I think it is in the west barn down the road.
Using that replacement theory does that mean that if I ever get around to my F-12 and F-30 that I should paint the hand cranks black.
I think it is in the west barn down the road.Using that replacement theory does that mean that if I ever get around to my F-12 and F-30 that I should paint the hand cranks black.
George Willer
501 Club
Robinson":16qt9ys0 said:I also like the black starters. You have me wondering though which color the starter on my CUB is... The whole tractor is all one color (reddish rust) but I can't visualize that starter to save me. I guess I will have to go look. Dang, now I have to try to remember where I left it.
Frobl,
It's way too cold out to go looking for that Cub. Maybe this will help?
:lol: OK Now, Since YD brought this starter color confusion up and got shot right out of the saddle by the rest of you guys I am really convinced now to paint my starter "BLACK". I am having a hard time deciding which color black to paint it though. "Ooops", Only one color black huh!. What I meant to say was, Should I use Flat-Black or Glossy-Black. What did you use George?. Now that YD is hanging his head in Shame for starting this uprising he will probably tell me to paint it (Flat-Pink-Black). :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Now Rudolph:
First, how can we take seriously anything anybody says who can't even spell color.... hehe. Me thinks your black starter reasoning is all wet (err frozen in your case). I for one, and I suspect many others still have the original starter, which was and still is RED. I know Dad likes black starters, but that's another story...you know how Dad is from time to time.... we'll just humor him and let him paint the starters pink if he wants. Maw will straighten him out in due time anyway.
Take care and get out that red paint.
Nuther Q. Just how cold will it get at your house tonight? I assume your brass monkey collection is safely tucked away in the barn.
First, how can we take seriously anything anybody says who can't even spell color.... hehe. Me thinks your black starter reasoning is all wet (err frozen in your case). I for one, and I suspect many others still have the original starter, which was and still is RED. I know Dad likes black starters, but that's another story...you know how Dad is from time to time.... we'll just humor him and let him paint the starters pink if he wants. Maw will straighten him out in due time anyway.
Take care and get out that red paint.
Nuther Q. Just how cold will it get at your house tonight? I assume your brass monkey collection is safely tucked away in the barn.
YD:
K, will start with the easy stuff first -- it is currently -25C with a wind chill of -34C. Overnight it will fall to -28 C and a wind chill of -36. They are forecasting continuing cold in the morning -28 C and a wind chill possibly as low as - 38 to - 40 or lower At -40C it is equal to -40F, either way it is real cold. Needless to say, school will probably be cancelled for the third day in a row.
The snow is so hard that I can walk on it and not break through - I weigh almost 200 lbs or 89 kilo.
I have euphamistically been saying that it is cold enough to freeze the you know what's off of a polar bear, but in the paper today they got almost as good -- NB in a DEEP FREEZE - Cold enough to freeze a Polar Bear's Posterior!
I have not seen continuous cold like this since I left the Arctic. Did 2 6-month tours May to Dec in Alert - top of Ellesmere Island and almost 3 years in Inuvik - head of the McKenzie Delta, both in the NWT. Real cold up there, but much drier. In fact it was colder here on Friday than it was at the North Pole!
Good thing I got lot's of wood in the basement, we is gonna need it.
As for the colour thingy - see I am in a very great quandry. Ellie's is still red, but Jethro's is black. Ellie's has been rebuilt but they didn't bother painting it. Now I gotta decide what to do - although I am seriously leaning toward black -- probably GLOSS BLACK to boot!
K, will start with the easy stuff first -- it is currently -25C with a wind chill of -34C. Overnight it will fall to -28 C and a wind chill of -36. They are forecasting continuing cold in the morning -28 C and a wind chill possibly as low as - 38 to - 40 or lower At -40C it is equal to -40F, either way it is real cold. Needless to say, school will probably be cancelled for the third day in a row.
The snow is so hard that I can walk on it and not break through - I weigh almost 200 lbs or 89 kilo.
I have euphamistically been saying that it is cold enough to freeze the you know what's off of a polar bear, but in the paper today they got almost as good -- NB in a DEEP FREEZE - Cold enough to freeze a Polar Bear's Posterior!
I have not seen continuous cold like this since I left the Arctic. Did 2 6-month tours May to Dec in Alert - top of Ellesmere Island and almost 3 years in Inuvik - head of the McKenzie Delta, both in the NWT. Real cold up there, but much drier. In fact it was colder here on Friday than it was at the North Pole!
Good thing I got lot's of wood in the basement, we is gonna need it.
As for the colour thingy - see I am in a very great quandry. Ellie's is still red, but Jethro's is black. Ellie's has been rebuilt but they didn't bother painting it. Now I gotta decide what to do - although I am seriously leaning toward black -- probably GLOSS BLACK to boot!
OH!!! You black starter guys are gonna make me cry!!! 
Starters are red, along with carbs manifolds and wiring harnesses! :lol:
You wouldn't believe the colour combos we get here. We've had a pink and brown IH W-4, a blue W-4, a red ford, a burgundy case ( mettalic too I think), and many others. My dad and I say that painting the wrong colour is the final indgnity PO's perform on a tractor before completely destroying it! :lol:
But hey, I digress, it's your tractor, paint it your way!
Starters are red, along with carbs manifolds and wiring harnesses! :lol:
You wouldn't believe the colour combos we get here. We've had a pink and brown IH W-4, a blue W-4, a red ford, a burgundy case ( mettalic too I think), and many others. My dad and I say that painting the wrong colour is the final indgnity PO's perform on a tractor before completely destroying it! :lol:
But hey, I digress, it's your tractor, paint it your way!