Farmall Cub

Can someone please tell me how to twist the wire that holds the leather boot on the touch control Evertime i go to twist the wire the boot and wire fall off. ive been 5 hours and no results. Worst part of this whole restoration Thanks Billy

Hi,
You didn't say if you are working on the piston boot, or the Control Valve boot, or if it had 1 or both boots on it before.

There should be metal cast in the block that sticks out some for the blocks that used a boot and wire to hold it on. It goes around the bore in the block.

IH changed in the later years of Cubs, and didn't use a boot for the piston anymore, those blocks have very little metal sticking out, there's no way to put a boot or wire on them, I think.

I don't know which you have. If this is a 1957 Cub, it probably has the metal sticking out, it is about 1/4", and has a groove for the wire.
Someone could have put on a newer Touch Control.
Pics of yours would be helpful.

Below is a pic from TM Tractor, showing the piston boot and wire.

It is the boot that you have pictured there and it does have a rim stuck out about a quarter inch but for some reason when I slide the boot on and try to put my wire around it pops off I guess I'm just not coordinated

if you have the later style it uses a rubber boot, not leather

Which rubber boot would be correct . It is a 1957

Which boots for my touch control would be correct for my 1957. I want to order but im afraid i will order wrong boots.

Command52 wrote:Which boots for my touch control would be correct for my 1957. I want to order but im afraid i will order wrong boots.

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