Help! No Juice! Update

[John Diercks]

Previous post: '48 8N, drove through gulley, tractor stopped in mid-gulley; first cranked, no fire; then nothing. Checked all connections, had battery checked per Dell's advice. All OK. Checked for spark; nothing. FINALLY figured out what is wrong, when I removed front-mount distributer...as axel pivoted as tractor moved through gulley, right sided of axel hit distributor nipple, knocking dist. cap and appearantly causing rotor to fall loose from cam. Now to get tractor moving again, I will jack up left front, place boards under l.f. wheel, replace dist. and hopefully drive off. BUT...how to fix? What is in need of R&R to keep axel from hitting the dist? I assume something is loose? Any advice??

 

[Dunk]

Front pivot pin, and bushing, a very relaxing experience.

One every N owner should go thru at least once.

 

[Bruce (VA)]

Like Dunk sez, a very relaxing as well as a fun experience. No N owner can be considered part of the fraternity until he has replaced at least one pivot pin.

Bottom line.....a very simple & easy to do job that usually is a PITA because the pivot pin is stuck in the bushing & you get do drive it out w/ a BFH 1/64 of an inch at a time.

The I&T FO4 manual will show you how to block the engine & get the center axle support off of the tractor. Then, the real fun begins.

The pic is of my high tech pivot pin removal tool. If you think it looks like an old worn out pivot pin w/ a piece of PVC pipe in it, you get a gold star.

If you don't have a bushing driver or really good luck & the pin comes out easily, a cheap socket will work, but you will never use it as a socket again! (BTDT!)

Check back w/ any other questions.

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 20:39:10 05/29/08) Like Dunk sez, a very relaxing as well as a fun experience. No N owner can be considered part of the fraternity until he has replaced at least one pivot pin.

Bottom line.....a very simple & easy to do job that usually is a PITA because the pivot pin is stuck in the bushing & you get do drive it out w/ a BFH 1/64 of an inch at a time.

The I&T FO4 manual will show you how to block the engine & get the center axle support off of the tractor. Then, the real fun begins.

The pic is of my high tech pivot pin removal tool. If you think it looks like an old worn out pivot pin w/ a piece of PVC pipe in it, you get a gold star.

If you don't have a bushing driver or really good luck & the pin comes out easily, a cheap socket will work, but you will never use it as a socket again! (BTDT!)

Check back w/ any other questions.

There ya go......one more good reason for a later side mount. :lol:

 

[souNdguy]

As the others said.. the RIGHT way to fix it is to service the axle pin and bushing.

the cheap emergency way to fix it is to weld up an axle stop with a large hex nut or some similar scrap so that the axle can't physically rotate that much on that side.. etc.

jack the front end up under the oil pan, and see how far the axle can go.. then figure where to weld the stop up.. and with what size block..e tc.

soundugy