Cub Cadet Crash (Pt 1) - Tractor and Tree Damaged

I knew if anyone could bring life back to my old Cub it would be Jim. As for my favorite apple tree….R.I.P.

Lol I thot an engine swap on a 16 hp toro was a great feat with a b&s 14.5 and custom gagetry. Lol that new 19hp jondeer S110 sure looks purdy now! Much quieter all round and cleanest running engine ever!

I just drive it back up car ramps, and jack up front end.jack stands too.

Great maintenance, Paul needs some cats 🙀 a regular mouse kingdom, that tractor James 😊

That’s how big box stores are able to cut prices, with useless plastics instead of steel ball bearings.
Ever notice model numbers don’t match exactly, close but no cigar because they are made specifically for that big box store so they are able to sell at a better “sale”price!

Quite the adventure -- I'll bet thoughts of better engineering or at least access crossed your mind!

I truely enjoy watching your video’s & when I do a repair I try to think of every possible issue that could rear its ugly head because of something I needed to do to finish the repair. My concern here was the amount of heat needed to remove the crank pulley? The crank seal behind the pulley had to have been cooked,shouldn’t the crank seal be replaced? May all your repairs be easier than this one! Great job!

When towing something that's on wheels in your truck bed or trailer it's most important to keep it from coming forward in case you have to slam on the brakes. Like in the case in this video bringing the front wheels all the way to the front of the trailer will obviously keep the tractor from coming any farther forward.. Of course, if you have 4 straps the rear ones are the important ones.

James is a legend, thanks for another great video!

Yeah I missed a mustie1 dad-joke too, even before you wrote that 😂

Glad I found this channel—no headbanging metal or rap "almost" music; and no lame jokes, cussing or non-stop talking—just calm informative discussion w/o constantly being asked to subscribe/upvote. In fact, I don't watch the video first and then decide if I want to give a thumbs up—now I just click 👍 and then start watching—haven't been disappointed yet. Well done James and a 👍 as always. God bless.

I had to destroy a pulley on my Husqvarna zero turn last summer to get it off. I made sure it would not be that hard if there is an next time. After the new one would fall off.

Haven't had time to read all the comments yet on this fix as I watch on my TV and hard to interact with comments. I little trick on doing small equipment tires is to remove the tire from the back side of the rim as the offset is smaller. Also lifting what would be the front side of the tire into the skinny space of the rim offsets gives you the room not to have to stretch the bead to remove it. Also the rims you removed with the plastic spacers you can get bearings for at TSC in the specialty unit and bolt drawers. They tap in from outside in. Love your videos and you are very thorough and solve many problems that seem impossible.

Looks to me like that arm is on backwards,the turn should be going out.
Do I see melted aluminum where that pulley was? 😳

Changing tires are so much fun! Don't you wish you could do that all day? 😂

Kudos and a gold star for the nod to Mustie1.

My Cub Cadet looks exacty like the one in the video after 12 hours of use the Carburetor to though it woukd take a major s** on me after some research it was the "CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS" on it that did the mower in...... NEVER BY A RIDING LAWN MOWER WITH CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS BY ONE WITH OUT IT YOU CAN.........

I’ve learned the best technique for a difficult repair situation is a Good Night’s Sleep.

Great work but seems like between parts and labor it’s hitting the budget pretty hard.

What do you use Valve caps

We can’t win for losing Can we

It's a replacement wheel i think

I have a cub The problem is the brackets that hold your deck on is upside down

😢 humm dosnt have any power. Not after pulling 2 gas generators out setting them aside. Doh.

Maybe I just wasn't watching close enough but did you put a dab of grease on that steering thing in fact as any of that tractor got grease in it

All of your videos are very interesting and good

how hard would it have been to unbolt the whole engine cover and hood to get good access?

With all the room you have at your place why waste money on a storage locker

Slide a piece of rubber hose over the steering link

The deck hanger looks like it is upside down

You make some cool stuff now called mudslinger, they use it on cars in the wheel well area to prevent mud from sticking!! Might work good on the mower decks??

Interesting way to work on the underside of the mower. I've always tipped mine sideways when I had to have full access to change the belt. I'll try this next time. Like the way you are using a milk crate and the seat to do the support. Of course, this assumes using some kind of hoist. Would be pretty dangerous to do without also having it hooked up to a hoist to keep it upright.

James, fire up your pressure washer and clean these machines before working on them

He reminds me of Mr. Rogers. Where's his cardigan sweater? :D

You could fix it sell it as a runner ,and fix another project ... Autocar...

Typical MTD issue with steering parts failing.

The Brouwer stof is Tyler fix.

I watched a guy who had a lawn tractor similar to the cub and he put builder`s foam in through the tyre valve and he swore by that method.
As far as I know the tyre lost all of its tread before he got another puncture.

I had to adjust the forward/reverse linkage as my 1554 had very little drive backing up. Not the easiest adjustment to make but replacing the drive belt did improve performance. OBW I had a twin cylinder Kohler in my 1554 When the engine would bog down intermittently it was hard to trace. I finally grabbed a pair of very well insulated pliers and removed each plug when it was acting up. If it still ran I knew that was the bad coil. Pull the other plug and it just stopped. I decided to replace both coils. 20 minute job and that fixed it. I don't mess around... Trouble shoot, order parts, fixit, mow.

Iv had an old huskee (basically the same as this down to the parts) mower for almost 10 years and mow 5 acres. Iv spent as much time under it as i have using it. It does a great job. Watching this is like deja vu. I never did get the drive pulley off, but did bugger it and straighten it. Ill say you made the right move, my belt will need replaced after 3 seasons and i lost a lot of speed. I spread it too far apart and the belt sits low. Slips easy as well. Youre a bigger man than me, but at least i know how to go about it this time

Looks like this Paul guy doesn't take very good care of his equipment.

That liquid inside the tire is probably fix-a-flat! Or sorry was fix a flat lol.

The guy that fixes generators saying he doesn’t have power at the storage unit. Hmmmm

Love the mustie1 joke. Follower.

the bar thats in your way is upside down

Dude... Just flip it on its side.

What makes Mustie so Mustie, is he has a stash of materials that he uses to fabricate new parts. All you do is purchase new parts, and bolt them on.