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Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
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fiddler
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Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
So what are the two holes for on the right side of the hood on my 1948 cub? I see them in photos as well as on my cub so they appear to have some predetermined purpose......
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Jim in SC
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
To oil the generator (x2) without removing the hood.
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fiddler
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
Now I see my post. Sorry for asking twice. Thanks for the input. Without a generator it was hard to figure out!
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LittleRed1949
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
I saw a guy the other day hung hooks off of each hole and used them as a gun rack for a shotgun.
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
Just don't ask what the two holes are for in the floor board.
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fiddler
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
Uh oh....I don't think I wanna know what the holes in the floorboard are for.... 
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
One use for the floorboard holes...
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Photo courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
I can't believe they punched two holes just to hang the hand crank.
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
I can't either, but it's the only thing I've ever seen them used for.
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JimCub48
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
I think the hand crank gets mounted on the left side of the floor pan facing forward. The small hole in the pan on the left side fits the crank pin and the 2 clips hold the the crank in place, to prevent it from falling off. My guess the 2 bigger holes in the floor pan are just drain holes for tractors sitting in the elements.
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
JimCub48 wrote:I think the hand crank gets mounted on the left side of the floor pan facing forward. The small hole in the pan on the left side fits the crank pin and the 2 clips hold the the crank in place, to prevent it from falling off. My guess the 2 bigger holes in the floor pan are just drain holes for tractors sitting in the elements.
Yes, the proper storage place is on the platform, if you look at Don's pic there is clearly a hand crank hanging hanging through one of the holes. As for draining, well as flat as the platform is, I doubt you would need those holes for that.
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
I’m sure the crank was only there for the painting process. That use was, I’m sure, an employee innovation and not a design element.
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
Here I thought everone knew what those 2 holes in the platform was for!
They are there so you can carry your tractor like a 6-pack!
They are there so you can carry your tractor like a 6-pack!
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Don McCombs
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
Since learning about the mystery of those floor pan holes, many years ago, I have always felt that they were there for some part of the assembly process (not the crank painting) that we are not aware of at this later time. Perhaps some day we will know.
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Re: Holes on the right side of the Hood 1948 cub.
My thought would be that the 2 holes were drilled in a flat sheet of steel cut to size and then the sheet was stamped to shape of the floor board. The two holes lined up the steel in the pressing process.
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