8N restored with pics

[somanytractors]

I've also posted my MF35 HERE

I've built a few old tractors. A couple back I started taking pics and I thought I'd post them if anyone wants to see them.
If there's an interest I have one or two more that I took pics of.
This one's an 8n
When I got it, it ran but only had 2 gears because the top cover was wore out to the point that it got stuck in 2 gears at the same time which shattered one of the gears.
This was where I started taking pics. After the tranny repairs and after I had already started painting. I know it's the wrong color but this is the colors it wanted to be.

The squirrel is narla. She's my little helper but she often gets in the way.

 

[John0829]

Saving old tractors is a GOOD thing, true it is not the traditional color but it's your tractor paint it whatever color makes ya happy.

 

[Paystar]

I'm interested in seeing your tractors! I have a few and just got my first Ford. Wife wants an 8N but I ended up with a 3000 diesel.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nice! I have an old 8N up in the field and I'm trying to decide if I want to fix it or sell it as a parts tractor.

 

[somanytractors]

Nice! I have an old 8N up in the field and I'm trying to decide if I want to fix it or sell it as a parts tractor.

I would fix it. The N models aren't really worth parting out. There's just too many of them out there. They are the most popular tractor model to date. They sold over 840,000 of them. And they're so simple and durable that most of the parts in an N model last forever and the parts that are wear parts are so cheap new that you cant get anything for them used.
I would try to fix it. They're great little tractors to have around the house for little jobs.

 

[somanytractors]

I'm interested in seeing your tractors! I have a few and just got my first Ford. Wife wants an 8N but I ended up with a 3000 diesel.

I did a couple 3000s but didn't get pics. I have one that I got a before and after pic but nothing in between

 

[Paystar]

Nice. Mines a 67 England build. I'm really liking the Fords now. I'm blown away by the parts that are still available new for them. I'm going to find an 8N or an NAA next. I love the styling.

My father was always a Ford/Mustang guy so I grew up with Ford in my blood. Had some 70's Mustangs, F100's and started trucking with LTS and LTL Louisvilles.

 

[somanytractors]

Nice. Mines a 67 England build. I'm really liking the Fords now. I'm blown away by the parts that are still available new for them. I'm going to find an 8N or an NAA next. I love the styling.

My father was always a Ford/Mustang guy so I grew up with Ford in my blood. Had some 70's Mustangs, F100's and started trucking with LTS and LTL Louisvilles.

I'm pretty much an old ford/ferguson guy. The old ones are easy enough to get parts for and they'll do anything the newer ones do, maybe even better.
One problem with the thousands series is the stupid modern instrument panel. They never work. I usually cut holes in the dash and put the old mechanical gauges in. Otherwise the 3000s are pretty good tractors.
I don't have a problem with IH/case but I try to stay with ford and ferguson.
I did buy a mitsubishi once. That was a big mistake. They are junk, and impossible to get parts for.

 

[Paystar]

So far my dash all still works. I see you can get new aftermarket ones but I see they have mixed reviews on how good they are.

 

[Big Barn]

I did a couple 3000s but didn't get pics. I have one that I got a before and after pic but nothing in between
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From the golf course or driving range?

 

[somanytractors]

So far my dash all still works. I see you can get new aftermarket ones but I see they have mixed reviews on how good they are.

Yours appears to be in pretty good condition. I'm guessing it's barn kept? I usually get them after they been sitting in someones yard for a few years not running.
I think the florida sun beating on the glass makes it sweat and then that messes up the gauges.
I've only replaced one (it was one of the china ones) and it didn't go well. And then one thing I really couldn't deal with was the fact that the thousand series have an oil light instead of a gauge. I got to have gauges. I wont even buy a car that doesn't have gauges. I like to know what the pressure and temp is so I know ahead of time that something isn't right. I wound up putting in seperate gauges even after putting in a new cluster.

 

[somanytractors]

From the golf course or driving range?

The guy I got it from said it was a county tractor which makes sense. It had the external hydraulics, and a cb radio on top of the hood.
The guy said it sat for a while and then he put new filters on it and then it wouldn't prime. I posted on here when I was working on it because I couldn't get it to prime either. thepumpguynj looked at the pics and pointed out that the guy had plugged up the return line and it would never prime like that. I unplugged it and it started right up.

 

[ultrarunner]

Always liked old Fords... Model T, Model A, NAA Jubilee, etc...

 

[wolc123]

There is no tractor that was ever made, that I would rather have on my 2-row corn planter, than my 1951 Ford 8n:

 

[somanytractors]

I've posted my MF35 too its HERE
Don't know if I have anymore with pics. I thought I did but they're probably on my old laptop.

 

[somanytractors]

Always liked old Fords... Model T, Model A, NAA Jubilee, etc...

They were so simple back then, before V engines and automatic transmissions, and now everything is full of circuit boards. They were designed so anyone could work on them.
One thing I find funny, people think ethenol is something new. The N models were available in gas or distillates or basically ethanol

 

[somanytractors]

There is no tractor that was ever made, that I would rather have on my 2-row corn planter, than my 1951 Ford 8n:
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Love the pic!

 

[John0829]

You guys are going to keep on about the 8N's until I decide to go and get another... Then I will have to build another barn to store it in

 

[wolc123]

I consider the 1951 Ford 8n to be one of the finest tractors ever built for multiple reasons. Admittedly , there is undoubtably some bias because that was the first tractor that I ever bought.

It is just so easy to attach and remove implements from, compared to any other tractor I have operated. That little flat head 4-cycle engine just purrs along so quietly, and uses very little gas. The low operator platform is super easy to mount/dismount from either side.

I’d worry more about the 1952’s, because they were the end of the line when they may have been using up some slightly defective parts. The 1953 Jubs had significantly worse fuel economy and less durable hydraulics. Plus they were heavier and harder to hook up tools on. The earlier year n’s were less refined.

 

[somanytractors]

I consider the 1951 Ford 8n to be one of the finest tractors ever built for multiple reasons. Admittedly , there is undoubtably some bias because that was the first tractor that I ever bought.

It is just so easy to attach and remove implements from, compared to any other tractor I have operated. That little flat head 4-cycle engine just purrs along so quietly, and uses very little gas. The low operator platform is super easy to mount/dismount from either side.

I’d worry more about the 1952’s, because they were the end of the line when they may have been using up some slightly defective parts. The 1953 Jubs had significantly worse fuel economy and less durable hydraulics. Plus they were heavier and harder to hook up tools on. The earlier year n’s were less refined.

I do like the N models. The only downside for me is the flat head. I know a lot of people like them but the problem with a flathead is the valves are in the engine block so if you need to do a valve job it's in the block, not the head, so you cant throw the head on the table and do a valve job. And if you have a serious valve problem you may need to replace the block rather then the head.
I bought an N model once that seemed to turn over way too easy. When I pulled it down it had 5 valves that were stuck open. So 3 were still working. Some of the seats were questionable. In the end they cleaned up ok but for a while I wasn't sure if it could be saved or not. I wouldn't have taken the block in to have seats replaced but I might have if they were in the head.