Suggestion

[Anvilheadtexas]

Here is a suggestion for anyone who intends to restore an 8N for the first time. Get a box and as you are about to throw away junk parts, bolts, screws, etc. STOP...throw them in the junk box and save EVERYTHING. This has saved me many times during my project.

Last weekend I was going to quickly attached the two remaining oil tubes to the tractor right before dark. As I went to attached the oil tube to the NEW oil pressure guage, I realized it was to short. Hmmm...maybe there is a fitting between the oil pressure guage and the tube. After getting home that night I went to the junk box and there attached to the junked out oil pressure guage was a brass fitting the quickly cleaned up and is ready to go this weekend.

 

[fatdaddy]

I know what you mean,i'm new to this and I save everything.I also write down where all the wires go and anything else this old man might forget.I started with a 9n in January and got carried away and bought an naa i thought i had to have,so i'll be busy for the rest of my life.

 

[Anonymous-0]

That's good advise, I try to do that with everything, I also have spare parts for my furnace I got from one that went bad because it was installed wrong, those parts are expensive when you have to install a switch or some thing like that.

 

[fortyninner]

I am new to all this to and I don't even trust myself when I write down things. I also take the camera out and take some close-up photos of what I will be doing. They have sure come in handy on more than one ocassion. fortyniner.

 

[Ed S.]

Better yet, throw those parts in baggies with a pencil-written note identifying what it is inside. I still have my "pile" from doing my 8N last year. Thankfully haven't had to raid it yet.

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[Anvilheadtexas]

Oh, I forgot to mention, anything worth saving is worth putting in a ziploc and labeling. This hgas saved me as well...since the project has lasted for a long time. I keep a little spiral notebook and cross reference the numbers on the bag to a description in the book. However, if it is a spare bolt or junk, I just keep it "bulk".