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    8N oil pressure, compression, and hard starting

    I would greatly appreciate any advice/words of wisdom from all of you Ford "N" series guys. I have an 8N with a front mount distributor converted to 12 volt with low oil pressure and weak compression that always started easy but now doesn't. I have many questions and nobody local that I can...
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    tire help

    My nephew took a picture of it when we picked it up and it does have a 6 hole hub. I am going to try to attach a picture so maybe you can tell me if the rim is double bevel or drop center. This is the only picture I have of it.
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    tire help

    I don' know if there are 6 or 8 holes in the hub. Right now this tractor is 140 miles away and other than picking it one weekend and spending another weekend getting it running I never counted how many holes are in the hub (never thought of it). My nephew did notice that there are 14" rims on...
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    tire help

    Thanks for the input. I have a lot to learn about this tractor. i will probably just leave the bucket off of it or make the existing one smaller so I wont be tempted to overload it. I am not quite sure what I'm going to do with this tractor yet. Can't drive it until I get rear tires and...
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    tire help

    What do you mean by "wts" I am not going to use this for moving bails. The tractor was given to me and I don't know anything about it or its limitations. All I can tell you is that it came with a bucket, a blade for the front, forks, tire chains and wheel weights. I don't know what this tractor...
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    tire help

    I am looking for some input on tires for a newly acquired Farmall H (I think it is referred to a row crop, it has the narrow front end) that has a loader on it. I need to replace all of the tires on it but I am not sure what tires to look for. I am going to be replacing the rear tires first. It...
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    non-detergent oil help

    I know My 8N has non-detergent oil in there because that is what I have been using. The Farmall I am pretty sure had non-detergent oil in it (The guy who gave me the tractor says he uses non-detergent in his other tractors). I just changed the oil in both tractors and I did not run my finger up...
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    non-detergent oil help

    Both of the tractors I have are gas, a '44 Farmall H and a '47 8N. What I have read is that a 75 year old tractor that has never had the engine rebuilt needs to run non-detergent motor oil because new oils have additives in there that will dislodge the 75 years of accumulation and clog up oil...
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    non-detergent oil help

    Can someone shed some light on oil? I have 2 old tractors, one I have had for a while and the other one I just acquired. I know not to use detergent oil in these old tractors but other than buying oil on-line or having a store order it for me I am having a hard time finding non-detergent oil...
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    rear axle lubrication

    Thanks for your input guys, it is really nice to be able to go to this forum and get advice. My tractor is an early 8N (serial number indicates 1947) and it only has the one seal. I wondered why the parts manual showed other seals but there is no place to put them. Now to my other question. Am...
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    rear axle lubrication

    I had a slight oil leak and no brakes at all on the left side so I decided to take the axle apart and replace the seal. According to the shop manual I am supposed to pack the outer bearing with grease. I do not have a problem with doing that but I am a little confused on a couple of things that...
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    8N steering shaft bearing

    Thanks for your input. I did as you mentioned and put in cornhead grease. I am not worried about cold weather as I do not use the tractor after October. Got the steering box put back together now working on starter and carburetor issues. I need more hours in the day or another day in the week so...
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    8N steering shaft bearing

    Makes sense. Thanks a bunch. I have another question. I have read posts on using corn head grease for a lubricant in this gear box. Is this grease thin enough to get into the steering sector bushings? I was thinking about drilling a hole in the sector housing and installing a grease fitting to...
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    8N steering shaft bearing

    I am in the process of going thru my steering gear box on my 47 8N. Just received my parts from YT and I noticed a hard felt material on the bottom side of the bearing that is not on the bearing I took out. This is the bearing on the end of the tube right below the steering wheel. Does anybody...
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