strum456
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Is it common for rain water to leak into the crankcase on 8n tractors that have been sitting outside? If so, what is the likely source of the leak? I was never much of an 8n fan, but now I'm the proud owner of one. lol
This should be an easy decision if you weren't a fan of Ns to start with. Yeah, they'll pull a wagon around, and are probably a lot better than a pair of asses for pulling a plow, but they're not worth putting money into, at least in my opinion. I grew up running two of them, and I don't miss them one bit. Lack of live hydraulics, live power, power steering, ROPS, too high gearing, all make them very undesirable in my book. I'd sooner scrap one than put more than $100 into fixing it. There's a lot better tractors that only cost marginally more to purchase that will make a much more useable machine.
I don't disagree. We have other tractors that we use for all the "real" work. Someone gave me the N that I'm trying to fix up. I don't really want to scrap or sell it...but I don't want it just sitting around either. It has a sherman over under and a foot throttle, so it's actually not too bad to operate. I was thinking that the pedal arrangement might be good for my daughter to start out on when she gets old enough. The clutch is a whole lot easier to push than the 7600, that's for sure.
I'll probably skip the parts tractor. I don't really trust the guy selling it. I'll end up in about 500 for a rebuild, by the looks of things.
I have an 1951 8N that I bought in 1973.
Mostly it sits, because I do have two other tractors, and all 3 are just for play.
The old 8N is in great shape (w/Sherman transmission), and I do play with it occasionally.
Certainly I don't "need" it, but I like it, and it is not worth enough to bother selling it.