Cub Allis B swap update

Wife and I have 14 hours in the barn over several days on the cub (28 hours total). Some one put a long screw in distributor to hold points. Inner plate bent and shear pin sheared. Luckily we had a spare. Remove hood and gas tank. Checked compression, zero on #1. Remove carb, manifold, air breather, valve cover and head. Stuck valves. Lots of lube and got them moving. Coolant passages were full of sandy rust. Filled block up with vinegar and let sit a couple days. Soaked head in bucket of vinegar. Cleaned everything up good. Set valves. 6 had zero clearance. 2 were close. Drained vinegar and flushed cooling system several times. New head gasket. Made a valve cover gasket. Cover back on. Head, manifold,air breather back on. Cleaned carb. Back on. Redid plug wires. Re wired everything. Set timing. Install distributor. No start.......ahhhhhh. different coil, points and condenser. Fired right up. Won't shift into 1st or reverse. Pull shift plate. Transmission full of water. And rust. Drained 2+ gallons. Clean it up good. One shift rail covered in rust. After several hours of cleaning, poking and prodding it works. Fill radiator. Top hose leaks. Trip to town. New hose on. Fill tranny with gear oil. Fill final drives with gear oil. Drive it around. All good. Back in shop. Drop wheel weights, drop rear cultivators. Jack it up block it good.Remove left tire, remove left final drive. Replace brake, rod had rusted off. Final drive on tire on. Hood and gas tank still off. New rear tires arrive tomorrow. $106 each. $33 tubes each. Got a bit more to do but it's a runner.

This is how previous owner did the plug wires.

I may have forgotten something.....

The great tractor Redeemers! Nice job!

Nice work, Grandpa Love.

I never cease to be amazed at how abused some of this old iron can be by years of exposure to the elements and poor service by previous users, and still can be made to work again with simple hand tools, readily replaceable parts and proper lubrication, and can still going decades beyond their "expected service life".

Same can't be said for anything with a mile of wire and computers.

Great job! Good to see another one back up and running. I might have missed it in a previous post, just wondering what made you trade? Heres a picture of mine after turning over my garden spot

Guy in NC, 550 miles away had a non running cub with cultivators. He was going to get a draw bar from me and use it to pull a hay ride wagon. Exchanged several phone calls trying to help him get it running. He ain't a tractor guy..... I told him I had an Allis B that was running and would swap if he could meet half way. I have no Allis B equipment but tons of cub stuff. And 6 cubs. Good trade I believe

Great picture! Love our cubs. Can't believe how good they plow. This was my wife earlier this year



Nothing like a sideways picture! Lol sorry. Dunno what happened

It really is amazing how handy a little 10 hp tractor can be. Makes sense to me. If hes not a tractor guy I doubt he would have ever got that cub running. And who knows if the ac ever quits on him you might get it back anyway!

Your lucky. My wife does support me with whatever I want to do with my tractors and implements, but she really has no interest in working with them.

You do good work!! Glad you saved another one.

Great save. You certainly didn't get the best of that deal.