Farmall Cub Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to Models, History, Implements, and Repair
Farmall Cub Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to Models, History, Implements, and Repair
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By Rachel Gingell and Kenneth Updike
America’s favorite small farm tractor is retrieved from the shed and shined up for duty in this essential guide by tractor repair expert Rachel Gingell and long-time writer Kenneth Updike. The Farmall Cub Encyclopedia is a comprehensive manual for any self-starter, at-home historian, or backyard farmer. Providing step-by-step instruction for maintenance and repair from oil changes to charging system snags, as well as user tips and a buyer’s checklist, the Farmall Cub Encyclopedia will give you the confidence and know-how to buy, repair, and use your very own Farmall Cub. With instructional photographs, vintage advertisements, and contemporary images, this illustrated companion is at home on both the workshop bench and the living room coffee table. The book also includes an in-depth history of all models and a vast list of implements to adapt your tractor to any need, making it both an introduction and an authoritative resource for the novice and experienced tractor owner alike.
Hdbd. 160 pgs. Color photos.
For Farmall Cub enthusiasts, this book could be a dream come true. It covers all aspects of the Cub from its first appearance in 1947, through the Cub “Lo-Boy” series that endured until the late 1970s, to the popular Cub Cadet garden tractor family.
The original Farmall Cub is described as the first compact tractor. International Harvester Co. developed an array of implements for the Cub, making it a useful little tractor on small farms or for utility work on larger operations. The company marketed the Cub as a farming system that included a number of attachments, such as plows, front loaders, assorted tillage equipment, and planting and haying machinery. The book presents good treatment of the Cub’s mechanical and technical attributes and includes a full breakdown of Cub serial numbers.
In the latter portion of the book, Rachel Gingell provides a step-by-step outline for some of the basic repairs for the Farmall Cub. She shows how to rebuild the Cub’s carburetor, service the ignition system, and adjust the brakes and clutch, and she provides other helpful repair tips to keep the Cub in good working condition. A chapter on paint codes and the many changes to the decals used throughout the years will be helpful to restorers.
This book does it all. It delivers the ultimate word on the Farmall Cub and will be a useful resource for Cub aficionados and those interested in International Harvester history.
Book Review by Robert Gabrick
