Cubcadet 107

[wisklr]

I bought my cub cadet 1 year ago and am now realizing that it comes with a 10 hp engine but the engine in my cub cadet is a 12 hp engine and i was wondering if this is rare

 

[Mule Meat]

If it came from the factory with a 12 hp. Yes it would be rare.

But most likely sometime along the line someone replaced the original engine with a 12 hp.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Check the date of the engine serial number against the date of the tractor serial number. If there is a large disparity then chances are it was a repower.

However; would not be impossible to repower with an engine of a comparable era.

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

I have a 107 with a 10hp in it. I sure wish it had a 12hp engine. That hydostatic transmission takes a fair amount of hp to operate it. I have often watched for a 12hp to repower it. Consider your self lucky that it has the larger engine. As I recall that's a Kohler K301 block.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

I bought my cub cadet 1 year ago and am now realizing that it comes with a 10 hp engine but the engine in my cub cadet is a 12 hp engine and i was wondering if this is rare

I had a 1960 cub cadet 100 with a 10 hp kohler.
Some cadets in the 60s had 8 hp.
Briggs and stratton got in trouble for over rating their engine hp..
I have a John Deere, JD275, with only a 17 hp kawasaki, hydrostatic, and it does just fine on a 48 inch mower
and a 30 inch tiller.
I don't think you could notice the difference between 10 and 12 hp.
For the fun of it I had a 42 inch mower with a bad 14 hp briggs.
I replaced it with a 10 hp. It does fine as long I don't let the grass get too tall.

I wish I could find another JD 275. Great garden tractor.
Great Hydrostatic. It has a drain plug, fill plug and oil filter. Holds a gallon of fluid.
Husqvarna HST only holds 28 oz. No drain plug. no filter.

 

[Keith True]

I have a 73 Wheelhorse that has been on this property since it was bought new in July of 1973.It is a 12 Automatic,and came with a 48 inch deck.I always felt it was a lot of deck for a 12 HP hydro,but it has always performed fine.I also have a 75 C-160 Wheelhorse,that one came with a 42 inch deck,and has a standard trans with 16 HP.I did go to the 42 inch rear discharge on the hydro,the tractor is 51 years old,and the hour meter quit at just over 4000 hours.It is starting to use a little oil,so I figured I would try to give it a break.Besides that,my wife tends to hook into things with the wide deck.

 

[DoubleO7]

I bought my cub cadet 1 year ago and am now realizing that it comes with a 10 hp engine but the engine in my cub cadet is a 12 hp engine and i was wondering if this is rare

Even if it came from the factory with the 12hp, no hard core CC collector would believe it.

How do you know it is a 107? The dash fiberglass may have been swapped from a 107 onto a 12hp CC.

Is the engine the same yellow as the tractor w/o an obvious repaint job?

If I remember correctly, all of the engine sheet metal from a 12hp will fit onto a 10hp. So it could be possible to still have a 10 with 12 sheetmetal and data plate.

If the engine is satin black, it is a replacement engine from kohler. Versus a donor engine from another CC.

 

[wisklr]

Even if it came from the factory with the 12hp, no hard core CC collector would believe it.

How do you know it is a 107? The dash fiberglass may have been swapped from a 107 onto a 12hp CC.

Is the engine the same yellow as the tractor w/o an obvious repaint job?

If I remember correctly, all of the engine sheet metal from a 12hp will fit onto a 10hp. So it could be possible to still have a 10 with 12 sheetmetal and data plate.

If the engine is satin black, it is a replacement engine from kohler. Versus a donor engine from another CC.

The engine is yellow the serial number is

Even if it came from the factory with the 12hp, no hard core CC collector would believe it.

How do you know it is a 107? The dash fiberglass may have been swapped from a 107 onto a 12hp CC.

Is the engine the same yellow as the tractor w/o an obvious repaint job?

If I remember correctly, all of the engine sheet metal from a 12hp will fit onto a 10hp. So it could be possible to still have a 10 with 12 sheetmetal and data plate.

If the engine is satin black, it is a replacement engine from kohler. Versus a donor engine from another CC.

the engine is yellow i took a picture of the serial numbers and attached them here

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

The engine is yellow the serial number is

the engine is yellow i took a picture of the serial numbers and attached them here

I checked TractorData and that serial number for the tractor would put it as a late 1970 model. I'm still digging on the engine number.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

I bought my cub cadet 1 year ago and am now realizing that it comes with a 10 hp engine but the engine in my cub cadet is a 12 hp engine and i was wondering if this is rare

If it was originally a 12 HP, it would be a 127. Probably saw an engine swap, hood swap or a re-decalling with the wrong set at some point in history.

Mike

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

If it was originally a 12 HP, it would be a 127. Probably saw an engine swap, hood swap or a re-decalling with the wrong set at some point in history.

Mike

Agree

 

[DoubleO7]

I checked TractorData and that serial number for the tractor would put it as a late 1970 model. I'm still digging on the engine number.

Actually TD is off.
Below is more accurate.
Looks like made April of 1970
Post what the entire tag says "2050038U340545" ??

If 0038 is there, the tag is for a 107. That tag #, the model # decal on the dash and engine are the only differences between a 107 and a 127 (10hp or 12hp). The hoods alone are identical including the decal.

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[wisklr]

Actually TD is off.
Below is more accurate.
Looks like made April of 1970
Post what the entire tag says "2050038U340545" ??

If 0038 is there, the tag is for a 107. That tag #, the model # decal on the dash and engine are the only differences between a 107 and a 127 (10hp or 12hp). The hoods alone are identical including the decal.

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Thank you guys for the help

 

[560Dennis]

Lawn tractor pullers do that swap to up the competition in the 10 hp class ,sometimes it works ,and sometimes it doesn’t .