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With the 5-speed and live PTO, you can handle any implement including a baler and a modern roto-tiller. It will pull a 6-foot rotary cutter with ease. You can add power steering to them and it will be a decent loader tractor. Too much value to scrap. Someone with the time and a little money...

No way would I scrap it. The 4000 is a great small-acreage utility tractor. Which transmission do you have - 4 or 5-speed? Does it have live PTO via a 2-stage clutch? Does it have power steering? It's about a 50-horsepower engine and will pull a 3-bottom plow. Splitting the tractor to...

Here's a tutorial that shows how to construct some concrete weights: https://www.ntractorclub.com/howtos/pdfs/Make-Weights-for-Rear-Blades.pdf

You can download a free scan of the I&T FO-4 service manual for Ford N tractors here: https://www.ntractorclub.com/manuals/service-troubleshooting/1953%20I&T%20FO-4%20Ford%20Tractor%20Service%20Manual.pdf

What the two distributors used in 8Ns look like:

Not if he has the front-mount distributor. It has an offset tang so it's almost impossible to install it 180 degrees off. Ford changed to the side-mount (aka angle drive) distributor during the 1950 model run.

You can make your own for less than it would cost to buy suitcase weights. Here is just one solution:

When I get asked that about a tractor, gun, or fishing rod, my response is "You don't cook dinner with only one pot do you?" Then I duck and run............

I think a 5-footer is a better fit for an 8N because you don't have live/independent PTO to slow the tractor and let it work on a tough patch. As you have read from others, you can certainly use a 6-footer, but if you mow thick, high, lush grasses you will have to raise your cutter or mow half...

I have a similar story - bought my '52 8N from the original owner in '95. I needed a utility tractor that I could also plow/disc/cultivate with. I remembered my grandfather selling his two draft horses (but he kept his mule) for a Ford "red belly" and that kind of drove my purchase. The owner...

Awesome story! I knew that I had seen a horse like that in the past. Have been going down to the Outer Banks for 50 years to vacation, fish, and dive offshore!

The horse on the top shelf with the old baseball glove - is that Barney Google's racehorse?

Well, if your new pressure relief valve is working correctly, it should open at around 50psi so you should be ok. If you don't mind wasting the new oil, you could drain and refill with 10w-30 and see if that works better. Usually, N owners are going higher because they have the opposite issue...

This is pretty baffling - the first I've seen of too much pressure on an N tractor. Also spitballing here - was any work done on the oil pump recently?

Even though I have a loader tractor, I use this carry-all with it often. I can load firewood in the bucket and in the carry-all to counterweight the bucket weight and transport my chainsaw, gas, oil, wedges, lunch, etc. in it. I got this one from Northern Tool about 20 years ago. It has a...

Examples of how some have enhanced the basic structure:

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You can download a free owner's manual for it here: https://www.ntractorclub.com/manuals/tractors/Ford 4000 Owners Manual.pdf Here's how to decode the model#: First number (1 digit) 2**** - 134 ci gasoline or 144 ci diesel engine 4**** - 172 ci gas, LP-gas or 172 ci diesel engine Second...

I run 15w-40 Rotella in my '52 8N year-round here in Virginia.

You said that you pulled the oil pressure relief valve and looked at it. How about the spring? Some folks have been known to stretch that spring or replace it with a heavier one to gain better oil pressure, sometimes to help sell the tractor. If the spring is too stiff, it won't allow the...

That's the exception and not the rule. They've gotten better and better at this procedure and it can now be done outpatient if you want. I elected to stay overnight both times. I had my right done 5 years ago and my left done last year. I played a variety of competitive sports for over 60...

I have zero experience with your brand of tractor, but I've seen this happen in others when the pressure relief (aka safety) valve in the pump is defective. It's popping open way before it's designed to. Again, no clue whether this applies to your Satoh, but it's something that I would check.

Tucker Tire in TN has been around forever and also has a good rep. They only sell on eBay and I think Facebook these days. I've bought replacement wheels and tires from them and would deal with them again...

Miller Tire has been around forever and has a good rep among tractor owners. https://www.millertire.com/search.php?search_query=turf%20tire&section=product

My EDC is a Benchmade, one-hand folder. Not a top-dollar knife, but holds an edge and will take some abuse. My neighbor is a blacksmith, farrier, and blade maker, and he makes some beautiful pieces. I can't buy one because I would only hang it on the wall - they are too pretty to use around...

Zeus is on the couch and Zoey is on the floor. Latest two of a long line of German Shepherds here.

My local Napa sells Echlin Ignition, which has a good reputation. Part #: ECH CS35 (points) about $25 Do you have a resistor installed in the wire to your coil, or are you just using the factory ballast resistor with the 12v coil?

Have you checked the fuel filter screens?

Your OCD can't be that bad - you did not put the letters of the disorder in an ;):ROFLMAO:alphabetic sequence - CDO.

Here's an original ad that lists the characteristics of the 601 and 801 series Fords:

Here's an original ad that shows the various models of the 600 and 800 series Fords:

About the only way that you can bale with an 8N is with a baler that has a dedicated engine on it. But, the lack of live PTO really makes baling a chore no matter which baler you use. Here's a Dearborn baler from the 8N era that shows the Wisconsin engine that runs it:

I use 14psi in the loaded rears and 30 in the fronts (have a loader) on my MF.

Here's a good wiring diagram for a late model 8N that has been converted to 12v:

I've used a hydraulic top link for years, first on my '73 Ford 3000 and now on my '06 Massey Ferguson. I wouldn't have a tractor without one now. The more you use it on more implements, the more you figure out new ways it is useful.

That was not a comment directed at you. It's part of his signature here and is an anonymous quote that you find on motivational poster sites. Anonymous Quote: “Artificial intelligence can never beat natural stupidity.” It was not intended to be personal. His question is an honest attempt to...

LOL.......yep, it was the guy below backing into the brush....

Guaranteed to make an OSHA inspector hyperventilate!! 😂🤣

I left mine on for the same reason that I don't bush hog with this:

Yes, Ferguson has used something called the "long pin" through the housing going back to models from the 40s. I've seen modern owners attach limiter chains to the long pin.

How would you augment that basic baseline with helpful info for the original poster?

The question was specifically aimed at the oil bath cleaner. Many are still using antique Fords to do real work every day, so 600 hours in a year is not an impossibility. Given that we weren't given that info, starting with guidance from the manufacturer seems helpful until someone can offer...

Check the front of your crankshaft pulley to ensure it has the engagement ratchet to allow you to insert the hand crank end into it. Do some homework (Youtube videos). More than a few folks have broken thumbs or wrists by hand cranking because of kickback. You want your thumb on your cranking...

The owner's manual says to do it every 600 hours. Dump the old oil, clean the filter with fresh gasoline or a solvent, reassemble, install and add fresh oil to the fill line inside the cup.

Got it - thank you!

Do you remember the thread size for the knob-valve?

A few from my collection:

I should have reported back long ago. The problem was a broken part inside the injector pump. It would allow the cam to turn but too slowly to pump enough fuel to start/run. Parts were not available to rebuild it so I had to fork out $1,300 for a new injector pump that should have had...

Replaced my right knee in 2018 and my left one in January of 2022. I played competitive sports of one kind or another for 60 years. I waited until I just got tired of the pain and had them done. I picked orthopedic surgeons who specialized in joint replacement. I've had excellent outcomes on...

You can also adapt these shop cranes to use them on your 3-point lift as well as in your shop:

I would not pull something like that on a cross drawbar without drawbar stays installed (white arrows) to prevent it from lifting on you at a bad time. If your tractor has a fixed drawbar installed below the rear axle, that would be a safer way to pull your implement. If you are doing to be...

Happy New Year, folks. I need to remove the gas tank and heat shield on my MF1533 with cab and A/C - Heat. I've got the tank drained, fuel/return lines disconnected, muffler removed and tank/heat shield are loose and ready to come out. It looks like the A/C compressor is interfering with the...

I've got a 2006 MF-1533 with FEL that I bought new. It only has 358 hours on it. Shed kept. I use it for variety of utility and gardening needs. Started it up the other day and drove it up to the house. Turned it off to run inside and get some water and pay some old water back (:)). Came...