Confused on where to find info on my tractor

[Cayne_Watt]

Hey all, I’m a new member. My grandfather had this tractor on his property and I’m starting to restore it. From what I’ve gathered it’s a 1966 International Cub. It has the serial number 227988. I know in 65’ the name Farmall was dropped. So where do I find info on my year tractor. Under the Farmall Cub sections or elsewhere since it is not technically a Farmall. TIA

[staninlowerAL]

Hi, from LA (Washington County). Welcome to the forum. You are at the right place, all cubs/loboys/International/Farmall will be posting on this sub forum. Now that you have made 2 posts you can look at the Quick Links tab at the top left corner of this page and find the owners manual for your tractor as well as a lot of other manuals that will be useful. I looked up your zip code and see that you are in Baldwin County, I know of at least 2 forum members that are near you. There's a lot of good information posted in the HOW TO sub forum as well. Post a picture of your tractor when you can, you might have to resize it if you get a message that the file is too large to post. Good luck.

[Jim Becker]

Farmall or International, the name makes no real difference. Look at the Farmall information for things that apply to your tractor. You do need to pay attention to serial number references as things changed on an ongoing basis.

[SamsFarm]

You can also click here ⬇️ some info!

http://tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/2/8/288-international-harvester-cub.html

[Glen]

Hi,
The Cub and LoBoy 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 1966 Cub originally had.
Cubs made after mid 1964 originally have 12 volt, negative ground electrical systems.

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.
The oil cup should be clean, and have clean, light motor oil in it to work right.

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

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.

[inairam]

The Farmall and the international names were more marketing differences than hardware. That said the cubs did change over the years. The parts manuals are your best bet to help you figures out what your tractor looked like and parts used from the factory. They were not published every year you will need one after 1965 which is version TC-37F.

In the parts manuals if a part changed or if specs changed in the service manual, it will say "below SN XXXXX" and "above SN yyyyyy". Changes were not made with respect to calendar years. Tractors over a several-year period could be configured the same and some years several changes were introduced at different times in the same year.

[Mike in Louisiana]

Welcome to the forum