Starter Linkage configurations

[Charles Lapp]

My wife just bought her first classic tractor at a recent city auction. It has 2N castings and 9N castings on it and from the looks of the varying gasket sealers, it has been worked on several times. The tractor runs great and is very tight. There is a modern starter button on the dash and when I looked into the original thumb push button starter, there is a piece of solid casting on the inside below the steering column. There is no hole for the push rod to go through. The push button operates and the fork set up is down below it but no ability for a push rod to be installed. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 00:02:54 05/25/17) My wife just bought her first classic tractor at a recent city auction. It has 2N castings and 9N castings on it and from the looks of the varying gasket sealers, it has been worked on several times. The tractor runs great and is very tight. There is a modern starter button on the dash and when I looked into the original thumb push button starter, there is a piece of solid casting on the inside below the steering column. There is no hole for the push rod to go through. The push button operates and the fork set up is down below it but no ability for a push rod to be installed. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

epends on how old it is. The very early tractors used a dash mounted start switch instead of the neutral safety start switch.

 

[HCooke]

Here's a picture of the dash on one of my '39 9Ns. The large button on the left is the starter button. The safety starter on top of the
tranny cover did not appear until 1940.

 

[Charles Lapp]

Thank you for that information. This confirms my thought that there are parts from different years on this tractor. The axle castings have serial numbers that start with 2N and if I understand the timelines, 2Ns started in 1942.
This all makes the tractor that much more interesting.

 

[HFJ]

(quoted from post at 10:03:00 05/25/17) Here's a picture of the dash on one of my '39 9Ns. The large button on the left is the starter button. The safety starter on top of the
tranny cover did not appear until 1940.

wow, that's beautiful. i am guessing that's for show only - or do u actually work that tractor too?