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    8N Carb trouble

    It was a new needle so I polished it with 2000 grit paper didn't have an orangewood stick. lined up the float and put it back together. I could hear the float rattle. It started up now for the next problem. It seems to have a electrical problem. I think it is a timing problem. That is what I...
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    8N Carb trouble

    I am working on an 8N can't get the float to work right. I bought a new carb it was junk. I think the casting has a crack the drain plug drips, the float won't shut off the needle seat was stripped. So I bought a repair kit for the original carb. It had a different needle and seat it wouldn't...
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    ford doesn,t run right

    Working on a 8n .belongs to my grand daughter. When I got it the number one cylinder was dead. took a compression reading it was fifty lower that the other three.Pulled the head and changed the rings on that cylinder. Found some one had over hauled the motor .It was a complete over haul ...
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    how much oil

    Thanks for the info. There was a manual but when my grand daughter and the fellow she was with split up he took the manual. At least she got the tractor. I can get another manual.
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    how much oil

    Could some one tell me how much engine oil a 8 N holds
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    ford starter

    Went to my granddaughters today to put the starter on. I took the drain cock and oil dip stick out before I started. I could get the starter over the fly wheel but then I couldn't get the back high enough to get the nose to go into the tube it fits in. It was hitting on the oil filter. Its a...
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    ford starter

    I would like to thank every one that posted .By seeing the pictures I found out what it should look like. And that told me what I had and what I needed. From the pictures I figured out the drive was stuck in the extended position. So I'm guessing it was stuck in the fly wheel. Don't know how...
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    ford starter

    I,m working on a starter from a 8N . Does all 8N,s Take the same starter and drive. Also does the starter just slide back in I had a lot of trouble getting it out and part of it seems to be missing . There isn't any collar on the end of the shaft there is a hole for the pin but no collar...
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