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I will describe the grinding and mounting in a new post at the current end of this thread. I am adding this to the first post to tell anyone who has not seen this before where to find the post describing my solution to the problems:
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This is to warn people that there is yet another quality issue to be aware of that can result in having to grind something to fit. This time it is aftermarket lift cylinders for 9N and 2N tractors. Can't say if the 8N has any more room. I don't have one. I suspect someone made new patterns for the lift cylinder castings and soon everyone will be having to deal with another stupid shortcut taken by [CENSORED]
I ordered the fleabay lift cylinder kit from Total Power Solutions. it is slightly too long to fit my 2N. The front end of the cylinder is not shaped like the old ones, it is more squared off. The top opening in my 2N may be slightly off, but the clearance is tight in any case and the oversized parts cause problems with clearance. I had to grind the bottom of the center section to install the oversized pump valve bodies earlier.
I am afraid that the only solution here is to grind the front of the opening in the center section where the lift cover is mounted. My plan is to make a plug to close off the center section to keep the grinding debris out of the bearings and the sump. I want to avoid dropping the pump to clean up the mess.
When I went to install the lift cover, the screw holes wouldn't line up. When I looked in the holes, they seemed to be off by somewhere around 1/8". I had to hoist the cover back up and try to measure and inspect to find the interference and figure out if there was a workaround. I finally wound up inserting some 7/16 threaded rods to line everything up and lowered the lift cover to see where it would hit. The lift cover had to be supported on blocks to sit level for the measurement. I checked the threaded rods to be sure they were square to the surfaces. The picture is not good, but cell phones, bright sun and high contrast subjects don't mix well. The light area at the bottom is the top surface of the center section. the thing marked EXXO is a machinists square.There is a shaded area to the left of the square which will hit the end of the cylinder. That is the area that I need to grind to get the pump in the tractor.
For the more eagle eyed gurus, the nut should be a bolt head. The bolt is a new grade 5 with a 5/8" head that can turn where the 11/16" nut will not. I don't see any major issue here.
This post was edited by Dave G9N on 08/19/2023 at 05:33 pm.
I will describe the grinding and mounting in a new post at the current end of this thread. I am adding this to the first post to tell anyone who has not seen this before where to find the post describing my solution to the problems:
END OF EDIT
This is to warn people that there is yet another quality issue to be aware of that can result in having to grind something to fit. This time it is aftermarket lift cylinders for 9N and 2N tractors. Can't say if the 8N has any more room. I don't have one. I suspect someone made new patterns for the lift cylinder castings and soon everyone will be having to deal with another stupid shortcut taken by [CENSORED]
I ordered the fleabay lift cylinder kit from Total Power Solutions. it is slightly too long to fit my 2N. The front end of the cylinder is not shaped like the old ones, it is more squared off. The top opening in my 2N may be slightly off, but the clearance is tight in any case and the oversized parts cause problems with clearance. I had to grind the bottom of the center section to install the oversized pump valve bodies earlier.
I am afraid that the only solution here is to grind the front of the opening in the center section where the lift cover is mounted. My plan is to make a plug to close off the center section to keep the grinding debris out of the bearings and the sump. I want to avoid dropping the pump to clean up the mess.
When I went to install the lift cover, the screw holes wouldn't line up. When I looked in the holes, they seemed to be off by somewhere around 1/8". I had to hoist the cover back up and try to measure and inspect to find the interference and figure out if there was a workaround. I finally wound up inserting some 7/16 threaded rods to line everything up and lowered the lift cover to see where it would hit. The lift cover had to be supported on blocks to sit level for the measurement. I checked the threaded rods to be sure they were square to the surfaces. The picture is not good, but cell phones, bright sun and high contrast subjects don't mix well. The light area at the bottom is the top surface of the center section. the thing marked EXXO is a machinists square.There is a shaded area to the left of the square which will hit the end of the cylinder. That is the area that I need to grind to get the pump in the tractor.
For the more eagle eyed gurus, the nut should be a bolt head. The bolt is a new grade 5 with a 5/8" head that can turn where the 11/16" nut will not. I don't see any major issue here.
This post was edited by Dave G9N on 08/19/2023 at 05:33 pm.