Cub Loboy starter

IA Roy · Sep 29, 2016

I read something that surprised me. I heard that the Loboy used a Delco starter/generator on the engine. Is this true? Was this different than the standard cub? Why? How did they drive it? Any and all facts and opinions welcome. Any pictures of either starter would be welcome.
Thanks, Roy

old · Sep 29, 2016

Yep some of the Cub lo-boy tractor did in fact use a starter generator set up. When it was charging the battery it worked just like any other generator on any other tractor as in belt drive. As a starter it used the same belt to spin the engine over to start it. Can not say a whole lot about what all is was wired but it did work but then again the cub lo-boy did not have a very big engine in them. Worked on one for a guy way back in the mid 90s and at that time I thought it was sort of odd

gene bender · Sep 29, 2016

I got the engine rite now did a valve job and putting new rings and its got the gen-start set-up a yellow one, Just worked on another one that still had a starter both yellow and low-boys.

rustred · Sep 29, 2016

yes, true. i have one also. the generator is the starter. cant hardly hear the engine turn over.

rustred · Sep 29, 2016

the old evinrude snowmobiles used the same set up.

BarnyardEngineering · Sep 29, 2016

Specifically, the NUMBERED LoBoys used a starter/generator setup similar to the Cub Cadets. The 154 and 185 models.

IIRC the last model, the 184, returned to the Bendix style flywheel starter design.

If you are talking about the 1955-1968 "offset" Cub LoBoys, they use the same Bendix style flywheel starter as the row crop Cubs.

Dalex · Sep 29, 2016

I think we need some clarification . If it has a 4 cyl cast iron flathead
engine , it has a Delco (inertia drive) Bendix type starter. If it has a
one cyl air cooled Kohler engine , then the belt driven Delco
starter/generator was used . I think it's safe to say if you have 24 inch
tires on the back of your cub , it uses the bolted to the bellhousing
Delco inertia drive starter ......

john *.?-!.* cub owner · Sep 29, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:45:36 09/29/16) I think we need some clarification . If it has a 4 cyl cast iron flathead
engine , it has a Delco (inertia drive) Bendix type starter. If it has a
one cyl air cooled Kohler engine , then the belt driven Delco
starter/generator was used . I think it's safe to say if you have 24 inch
tires on the back of your cub , it uses the bolted to the bellhousing
Delco inertia drive starter ......

he number series Lowboys (154, 184, 185) used the 4 cylinder cub engines, and some of them ( I don't remember which ones) had starter generators, and some had the standard Delco starters and separate generators.

K-Mo · Sep 30, 2016

Barnyard knows what he is talking about. I have an early 184 manual indicating some of the first 184s may have had a starter/generator, but I have never seen one.

GarryinNC · Sep 30, 2016

Barnyard has it exactly right. Have or have had them all but a 185 LowBoy.

Garry

GarryinNC · Sep 30, 2016

Also, I think that the Delco starter/generators have two sets of field coils in them. Our old Allis B-207 type mowers (36 inch cut) used that setup with a Briggs and Stratton. Smooth and quiet when starting, no gears.

Garry

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