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It has been a season or two since my carb rebuild, and the tractor had started running a bit rough again. I took the carb off and soaked/cleaned everything like before, and it seemed to do the trick once again. However, now there is a new problem. When I put the carb back on and got the...

There is a silver rectangular bracket attached to one of the lift arms on the back of my Ford 8N (see pic below). This bracket was already on the tractor when I got it, but I don't know what it is for. I do know it tends to slide down and get in the way when I am trying to attach my bush hog...

A problem has cropped up with my Ford 8N. I use the tractor primarily for bush hogging, and the tractor ran fine at the end of the season last year (around October). I did not use the tractor any during the winter, but did put fuel stabilizer in the tank when I parked it in the shed. I also...

I have a Ford 8n that has flat metal bars (sway bars?) that parallel both of the 3pt lift arms. When no implement is attached to the tractor these flat sway bars drop ALL the way down, making them dig into the ground if you try to back the tractor up. I'm thinking of maybe just using a large...

On an 8n with a front mount distributor, is changing the fan belt as simple as loosening the generator bracket, slipping off the old belt, and then slipping on the new belt? Or do you have to remove stuff to get access to the the old belt to take it off & put the new belt on? It just seems...

I recently relocated out in the country to a 10 acre piece of property. About 7 acres is flat pasture/fields and the other 3 acres is woods. I'm a new tractor owner (I'm new, not the tractor!), and I mow the pastures using a Ford 8n with a 5' bush-hog. Since everything I mow is flat, I...