OK there's 2 different mower decks for the different style tractors. There's a narrow frame and a wide frame tapers out wide at the front. It doesn't stay straight with the back. There are a bracket that's up under the front that it slides into and has pins or a rod that goes all the way across at the front of the tractor . And at the back it. Has 2 Arms that hang down. With 2 pins. And clips
I also have a 128. It’s rougher than this now, but I’m working on getting it looking better. On the two and three digit model number cub cadets, The first one or two numbers in the model number are horsepower. (12 Hpin this case.) IH used 7, 10, 12 14 and 16 hp engines). The last number indicated gear or hydrostatic drive. In this case gear drive. I also have a 73 (7hp gear drive) a 104 (10 Ho gear drive and two 149s (14hp hydrostatic). The lower the last number, the older the tractor. (73is oldest, 149 is newest.)
How the hell do you mount the mower deck back on these things
OK there's 2 different mower decks for the different style tractors. There's a narrow frame and a wide frame tapers out wide at the front. It doesn't stay straight with the back. There are a bracket that's up under the front that it slides into and has pins or a rod that goes all the way across at the front of the tractor . And at the back it. Has 2 Arms that hang down. With 2 pins. And clips
I bought a 128 but it doesn't look nearly as good as that one. It is way down the list for restoration. I got 6 more ahead of it.
I know how that is
I also have a 128. It’s rougher than this now, but I’m working on getting it looking better. On the two and three digit model number cub cadets, The first one or two numbers in the model number are horsepower. (12 Hpin this case.) IH used 7, 10, 12 14 and 16 hp engines). The last number indicated gear or hydrostatic drive. In this case gear drive. I also have a 73 (7hp gear drive) a 104 (10 Ho gear drive and two 149s (14hp hydrostatic). The lower the last number, the older the tractor. (73is oldest, 149 is newest.)