Repowered Cub Cadet Sports Pickup Engine

Repowered Cub Cadet Sports Pickup Engine PICKUPS Miscellaneous 34-2-22 "A few years ago FARM SHOW featured the 1970 Cub Cadet that my friend Dale Lemmerman and I repowered with a 3-cyl. Geo Metro car engine (Vol. 30, No. 6). We recently made a similar conversion to another identical Cub Cadet, only this time we installed the V-6, 2.8-liter gas engine out of a 1984 GMC truck. Now we each drive our own repowered Cub Cadet through antique tractor and engine shows," says Carlo Shefveland, Brooklyn Center, Minn. "The V-6 engine called for us to lengthen the tractor frame by 4 in., which we didn't have to do with the Geo Metro engine," says Shefveland. Both sides of the engine are equipped with three curved exhaust stacks, for looks. A seat for a passenger can be attached and is supported by a single caster wheel that hooks up to the tractor drawbar. The tractor still has its original 3-speed transmission. The truck engine didn't leave room for the tractor's original steering sector. To solve the problem they replaced the original steering sector with one they made out of the tractor's discarded drive gear. They also made a new radiator to give more cooling for the bigger engine, and they added a new mechanical fan. "We chose the engine from the 1984 GMC truck because it had a carburetor instead of electronic fuel injection," says Shefveland. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Carlo Shefveland, 5807 Lyndale Ave. N., Brooklyn Center, Minn. 55431 (ph 763 561-8871).

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