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Possibly my new obsession...

Tim A. said:
I've replaced the spark plugs. Removed and cleaned the oil bath air cleaner (that's a fascinating piece of hardware) Fixed the stuck carburetor float, re-bent the gas line from the sediment bowl to the carb. These are gravity fed engines and somebody had an up hill bend in the line. The carb's main needle valve was turned way. Set it back to 2 turns out. I adjusted the timing. I suspect the old distributor is tired so I have a new one on the way. The one in it is a Prestolite, not original to the 1951 Ford.
The engine has smoothed out and doesn't backfire.
I think the tractor is ready to work, till something breaks.View attachment 181707
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I'm getting my wife a shirt that says "I ride a Red Belly" 😉
 
I replaced the prestolite/Ferguson distributor with a new Ford 8n one. This tractor is mechanically simple, but finicky. I got lucky. When I hit the starter button the engine jumped to life. Boy, was I happy.
I've ordered a new set of front tires. The ones on it are Firestones and are pretty dry rotted. They may be original?
Tractor fun continues...
The 1923
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Fairbanks Morse hit & Miss engine behind my wife's '39 Ford Deluxe ( Her parents dated in it) and her 8N.
 
moon puppy said:
Excellent, pretty cool photo also Tim. Nice green grass and rust.
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With all the rain we've had here the grass better be green! I think we broke a record for rainfall in the month of May. We don't have nice grass in our yard. The 3 acres of mowed yard grass is just the plain pasture kind, it was a cow field before my wife had the house built.
 
I put out two layers of fertilizer/weed killer in the last couple of months. My lawn turned from the worst looking to the thickest DARK green grass on the street. The front yard only has a few weeds in it now, and the grass is pretty thick and deep. The back yard is getting that way, and it was horrible.
 
The new front tires arrived today, but the real story about them is they made it from Lincoln Nebraska to N. Georgia in 3 days!
I noticed the ignition coil was wired straight to the ignition switch, bypassing the resister. Since I don't know the history of the coil on it I decided to get a new internal resister coil. Should be here in a day or so.
When I take the front rims of to have the new tires put on I'm going to re-pack the hub bearings with new grease.
This means the Porsche is out of the garage for a few days and the 8N is in. Priorities....haha
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I'm going to be gone all day and I'm taking my gate with me 😜
Relocating a pasture gate. From one end of the property to the other. View attachment 182122It was the perfect job for the 8N and the boom pole
moon puppy said:
That's a great photo Tim. Good little workout for the tractor.
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It was a workout for me too...haha. Moving the gate was the easy part. If only the tractor could dig post holes and re-string fence as well... got er done though.
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I'm going to be gone all day and I'm taking my gate with me 😜
Relocating a pasture gate. From one end of the property to the other. View attachment 182122It was the perfect job for the 8N and the boom pole
moon puppy said:
That's a great photo Tim. Good little workout for the tractor.
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It was a workout for me too...haha. Moving the gate was the easy part. If only the tractor could dig post holes and re-string fence as well... got er done though.View attachment 182135
moon puppy said:
Check me if I'm wrong there Mr. Douglas...but they have tools for that don't they?

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I'm mot allowed to buy anything else for that tractor...right now anyway...haha
 
What a magnificent thread! I love that old tractor! This is so cool! Man, I wish I had a way out there; I'd help you with some of that work!
 
Duke Maddog said:
What a magnificent thread! I love that old tractor! This is so cool! Man, I wish I had a way out there; I'd help you with some of that work!
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I definitely could've used your help putting in the gate Duke! There's a little over 11 acres. 3 of it is yard, 5 is pasture, the remainder is woods. The subdivision/apartment complex developers building all around us would love to get their greedy paws on it. Ain't gonna happen!
 
I felt confident enough to get the tractor in the pastures with the brush hog. Not even one round before it sputtered and died. Managed to get it running enough to get it back down to the house and in the garage. There's not much to these so it had to be a spark or gas issue, with all of the sub categories for either. I hadn't taken the carb off yet so started there. The float was not level in the bowl for one thing. Cleaned it all up and put it back on. At the same time I swapped back in the old "hot" Accel coil. The tractor needs 3ohms for proper spark. The Accel shoots out 7.
Hooked the brush hog back up and did another run...Perfect! The tractor liked something I did and ran smooth for the rest of the afternoon. Gave it a break in the shade ( or me) You can see it's handy work past the gate. Now to get the antique brush hog right. The A frame 3 point hitch is worn out. There's another one on an old finish mower here that I plan on swapping in. I also need to get s
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way bars and a shorter top link.
 
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