Rescued A Cub Cadet 108

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Sawdust

Discussion Starter · 17 d ago

I really didn’t need another project but I just couldn’t pass this up. I seen this parked in a yard down the road from my sons house since last winter. It was never moved just begging to be adopted. We were visiting yesterday and as we were going home it was on a small trailer with scrap all around it headed to the scrap yard. I pulled in to talk to the guy and he had just loaded it up. He said he had it running but the last tenants just left it sit along with a lot of other stuff. I asked him what he wanted and he said $50. and I offered $40. and he was good. He dropped it off at my sons house for me to pick up in a few days. I’m not sure what I’ll do with it or what shape it’s in. Most of that black stuff on it is like an algae from sitting under some trees. I probably won’t pick it up until mid next week and may just sit for awhile until I can get caught up with other projects.

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Sawdust

Discussion Starter · #3 · 15 d ago

I went out to the shop around noon and started checking the ole girls vitals. I turned the key and nothing. I pulled the fuel tank out to check the wiring had to anyway because the PO said he thought it was leaking so I’ll check that later. I noticed the clutch pedal shaft was not closing the safety switch. I reached down to bend the tab closer to the switch and it was broke. I jumped that plug with a piece of wire but still nothing. Nothing coming out of the starter solenoid so I took it out and cleaned all the contacts. I hooked everything back up and now it’s cranking. I rigged up a temporary fuel tank but now no spark. I pulled the plug to check because I’m still old school I don’t trust my spark tester, still no spark. I pulled the points cover off and the points looked ok but a little dirty. I cleaned them and honestly this thing started right up as soon as it cranked. It only ran for a few seconds and quit. I started it again same thing runs and quits. I took the carb bowl off and it had a lot of sediment and I shot some brake cleaner in and around and put the bowl back on. Now no start at all except on starter fluid. It starts right up quickly with the SF. I took the whole carb off this time as I should have before you just can’t half way clean a carb because of excitement. The bowl was full of gas so I know that much. I cleaned everything good but now it starts like it should but I can’t get it to idle right. Full throttle is good but I’m not getting that good idle like it should between rich and lean. When I had it apart I wasn’t too happy about the low idle mixture screw. It was very discolored and not smooth. I buffed it a little slightly to try and polish it but from my experience it doesn’t take much for these to be bad. I guess I’ll order a rebuild kit and try again later. Other than the idle problem I’m very happy with the engine. I also found out that the stock 10hp has been replaced with a 12hp.

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Discussion Starter · #5 · 9 d ago

My other problem is the clutch will not disengage enough to put it in gear. I’ve never worked on one of these so right now I’m not sure how these work. I pulled the drive shaft out. The clutch is a 3 piece that looks slightly delaminated so that needs replaced. The plates look good but will need cleaned up. The throw out bearing looks good but I’ll replace that anyway. The clutch release lever is worn but looks like most I’ve seen on YouTube that claim they are ok. One guy had a really bad one and welded it up in the worn areas then did some grinding on it to get it back to shape. For now I’ll just clean up the shaft and other parts and figure out a jig to get this spring off and still remain handsome.