i bought a 8N

[Kirk-NJ]

Cat 1.

Kirk

 

[J F]

Can I still get in on that $20 bet?

 

[wolc123]

No deal, and I guess I can see where a mouse would have a tough time getting into that cylinder anyhow. My AC nests were in the rear end. Great (actually close to the best - would need to be a 51 or a 52 for that) tractor and great price. Congrats, and have fun. Note that I have absolutely no problem with the lack of live hydraulics and pto, and I doubt you will either, once you get used to it.

 

[Soundguy]

no way i'd re-use a head gasket. just asking for trouble.

 

[Soundguy]

Soundguy nailed the "9", for sure. Sorry I left that one out. He has always been way more up on old Ford stats than myself. We do differ however, in my preference for the old flatheads like yours, while he prefers the later, overhead valve models. I think Ford stumbled a bit, with their first few attempts, at the OHV engine, and that allowed others , like IH, and JD, to leave them in the dust as far as tractor sales numbers go. Just about as long as Ford tractor's packed the flatheads (up to the 1952, 8n), they held a commanding lead, over the competition.

As far as your sounds, one time I found mouse nests in a $500 Allis Chalmers "c" fence-row find, and I will bet that is what you had. Them darn things also plugged up an air filter box on my snowmobile one time. The best solution for that problem, that I use now, is to keep plenty of barn-cats around. Congrats. on not needing an engine rebuild. Anyone else want in on this bet? I will put $20 on the mouse nest(s)?

if you will notice.. the big difference when ford went to OHV engines, they also started to go into multiple model lines.

prior to that.. ford only made 1 tractor line at a time. all 9n, then all 2n, then all 8n, etc.. the naa was a quickie transition machine to get away from the lawsuit hyds, and get the ohv engine and livt hyds into production.

none of the red tigers had any special flaw that could be seen as a stumble. they are a solid design. thee fact they are still running today is proof.

for further proof.. how many auto's are being made today with flatheads? if it was a superior design.. it would still be used.

who wants to pull the BLOCK for a valve job!

 

[sixdogs]

no way i'd re-use a head gasket. just asking for trouble.

I'll second that. You can put a lot of work into an aggravating project only to have to do it a second time. The first time was bad enough.

 

[wolc123]

Well Soundguy, you nailed that one again. I have needed to pull my block for a valve job, and it was a pain. Thankfully, I only had to do that one time. That was around 24 years ago, and just a few years after purchasing it from the old widow across street. Right after I bought it, prior to doing any work, It had little compression due to a couple of broken valves, and I simply replaced these. I thought that the damage was done by unleaded gas, but I remember some arguments we had in the past, where you insisted that they came with hardened valves and unleaded gas was no problem. I ain't so sure of that based on my experience with that tractor. The next valve job was a full one, with the block pulled a re-worked, and all valves replaced with hardened ones. That tractor has been bullet-proof ever since, besides the manifolds, of which it has needed (2) including the one that is blown now.

 

[Soundguy]

all ford N left the factory with hardened exhaust seats.

all ford N left the factory with hardened intake seatsd EXCEPT the wartime 2n models.

( induction hardened? )

 

[TomSeller]

no way i'd re-use a head gasket. just asking for trouble.

Particularly when it looks like parts of it were left on the head in the first picture.

 

[sid79]

well that headgasket wasn't my first choice, but I needed to know it that was the only damage the engine has..
I need to take the hood of soon again to clean up the wiring, and then ill change that gasket.

it isn't like im using the tractor in the moment, I don't have any implements yet.