Project time! 1966 Cub Cadet 123 Hydro - TURBO DIESEL

I'm waiting until all the fab is done getting the motor to fit. Then once I see where I have room, I'll mock up the turbo.

Worked on it some more tonight. I painted some stuff yesterday, started putting it back together today.

Looks great! appears you have several projects going on there.

Always. Project ADD

Very nice. Going to do like AG tires on the back?

Yeah it'll get AG tires when it's all said and done.

Looking good, hopefully the toyota steering U joints hold up. They're doing good now but we'll have to see what they do under load. Knowing Toyota they are built to last.

More stuff going on.

Haven't worked on it much, but I finished the hood.

New video! Now featuring 100% more turbo!

good luck with the build looks cool 

Got the charge pipes and the exhaust pipes done. Tomorrow I'm going to try to plumb all the oil lines, and maybe fire it up.

Dead nuts sexy right there! I love the attention to detail!

love that little turbo just sitting there looking stock...

Here is the motor, pretty much completed.









And here is video, it runs!

Been a while since an update, but I did work on it again. Got the wiring and throttle hooked up. Something is wrong with the trans, it wont pull hills under throttle at all. Tractor just stops moving. I'm thinking maybe it's the relief valves in the transmission. Haven't gotten a chance to trouble shoot them yet.



Also got the hood on and decals. I hated the factory 123 decals, so I used model 72 decals. and cut them.

Man can't believe I missed this! It looks great. If I ever blow the engine on my Massey it is getting one of these for sure. As for the hydro problem I'd check to make sure the freewheeling valves aren't stuck in the bypassed position. If they aren't stuck, the next thing to check would be the fluid level in the transmission. Good luck!

I did top off the fluid, it took about half a gallon.