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    Trailer wiring

    Also - if possible, return in better condition than when received.
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    Finally, something I actually NEED for my tool box.

    Wallpapering the dining room - nasty pattern requiring careful alignment - last piece - into tight corner - it slipped & creased & tore - I ripped it off, crumpled it up and tossed across the room - ah! that certainly feels better. Turned to cut a fresh piece - opps! that was the end of the last...
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    Is it plumb or is it level

    Not wanting to start a discussion ;) but if it's not level or plumb - is it out of kilter or is it skewiff ??
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    Have I shortened my lawn tractor life?

    I have a 1994 MTD lawn tractor with this engine setup exactly as per your picture. It’s B&S model 422707 and my notes in manual say 3600 max.. FWIW I have recently added an inline fuel tap next to the inline filter next to dip stick. Reason - if like me you routinely <fill - mow - park near...
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    8N PTO Seal

    Surprised I haven't seen anyone post about the downside (no pun intended) of parking head down in ditch - that oil will leak into clutch area and then you'll be into a splitting headache. (I'll see myself out).
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    Fuel Filter inline or None

    Apart from the fact that the N was designed with 3 filters one might ask other questions - whats the physical evidence of requiring the addition of a relatively fine particle filter ? (dirt in bottom of carb float chamber?) Is there water or other goo in the fuel - and is that blocking the...
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    Auction find

    When the internets are down and the batteries in calculator flat and it’s raining (so backup solar powered calc is also dead) then this comes into play . . . providing I can find a magnifying glass! The tip of the cursor is broken but it is still quite usable - and the slide-out is double sided...
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    value of 8n/9n tractors

    FWIW - Last year an 8N side mount in small western MO estate sale auction went for about $1000 - maybe 2 bidders. Looked decent condition but didn't see it running.
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    Transmission fluid questions

    I can see that it would certainly work - but - <crud that you can get it pointed at> was my issue. For various reasons I wasn't prepared to start mission creep and opening up other access points and I didn't see that it would be much use up through 2 large drain holes or down the filler. But...
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    Transmission fluid questions

    Thanks for the info/advice. Scrolling through the archives it seems that diesel flush would get out more milky goo but wouldn't touch the crud. (technical terms?). So having drained overnight I simply buttoned her up and refilled. Dropping the pump will be a whole different game for another day...
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    Transmission fluid questions

    Thanks! Sorry - Can you expand on 3-Diesel? Presumably pour some in (how much?) then run around/operate a bit (??) then drain diesel&crud and then flush (with what? and how much? and how often?) before refilling with new fluid? If it's relatively quick/simple I'll consider it - just don't...
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    Transmission fluid questions

    Drained my '52 8N transmission today - last done in 2017 and heaven knows when before I acquired her in 1991. It was a rather nasty milky creamy coffee color. Tractor is used for mowing - about 50hr per year. Hydraulics "work" but are not used much and when used they do leak down slowly. So the...
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    Sextant

    Takes me back to late 60’s - no GPS - so a daily requirement to stand on bridge wing at twilight and shoot a star or planet or two - record angle and time (to the second) - then into the bridge to do the maths (paper & pencil) using Nautical Almanac and reduction tables - to give a line on the...
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    Hand crank winch

    I've operated same/similar on canal lock gates on Crinan Canal in Scotland - some 60 yrs ago. Happy days.
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    Expansion plug / block issue.

    FWIW - https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/threads/8n-freeze-plug-long.975005/ at least it has the part numbers. I agree w/ madfarmer - clean as best as possible. Only you can tell how seriously the foreign material has adhered to the block and you do have the other hole as a template...
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