1952 Ford 8N worth restoring?

[rusty ol ranger]

The 2N/9N had the PTO driven off the diff.

Those sherman trannys are fun. They'll flat out haul ass in high 4th. Way faster then whats safe with the ridiculious steering and horrid brakes.

Low 1st youll pull over a house at idle.

 

[racsan]

The 2N/9N had the PTO driven off the diff.

Those sherman trannys are fun. They'll flat out haul ass in high 4th. Way faster then whats safe with the ridiculious steering and horrid brakes.

Low 1st youll pull over a house at idle.

no joke, when the 8N had the backhoe & loader it weighed twice as much as the tractor alone, the loader became a brake sometimes, it was a trip-bucket and just there to conterbalance the heavy hoe on the back.

 

[racsan]

another thing with the sherman, it affects the pto speed too, so you’d double your pto rpm if overdrive was engaged. the real “holy grail” was the sherman combination, it gave you both step down (underdrive), direct drive and step up (overdrive) Ive only ever seen one in person, on a jubilee (that looked like hell and the dealer wanted 4 grand for) Ive never seen a step-down in person, they weren’t as common as the step up. (I wish my allis had one!)

 

[rusty ol ranger]

another thing with the sherman, it affects the pto speed too, so you’d double your pto rpm if overdrive was engaged. the real “holy grail” was the sherman combination, it gave you both step down (underdrive), direct drive and step up (overdrive) Ive only ever seen one in person, on a jubilee (that looked like hell and the dealer wanted 4 grand for) Ive never seen a step-down in person, they weren’t as common as the step up. (I wish my allis had one!)

Really?

Ive seen quite a few that had the low/high range.

I wish my cub had a high range. 6mph in 3rd wide open is just to slow.

 

[91stranger]

My mom has an old 8n I've been wanting. It still 6v with points and distributor. I remember as a young teenager me and a friend of my parents got it running by just adjusting the gaps on the points, new distributor and new starter solenoid. Really easy to work on even with points. I was the hands in that operation (the guy helping lost his right arm so he can't as much wrenching as he used to but still has a wealth of knowledge). That's when I learned a voltmeter too. Ahh the god ol days when you can do a lot with a voltmeter on a tractor. Now-a-days you have sensors on top of sensors and too much electronics to worry about. I wouldn't pay $1000 for it if it needs a lot of work. $600 would be tops if it needs tires...

 

[Dirtman]

Aparently these tires have tubes, my buddy said the tires can be repaired (they still have very deep tread and are not dry rotted) but have a couple gouges in them and then they just need need new tubes.

Nooooo idea how I would get them off the rims though. A little beyond a tire spoons capability...

 

[.38spl]

This was my great grandfathers TO20. Not the same as an 8N, but close. Works good as an overgrown lawn mower, driveway grader, and for moving heavy-ish stuff with the boom pole. Also lots of fun for general backroads prowling.

 

[Dirtman]

Here she is in all her glory... it dont look like much but everything works. It has new radiator, water pump, hoses etc in the process of getting put on. Has a "master" carb rebuild kit but he said I'm on my own doing that. Has a new battery and the starter was just refurbished. And it has a new umm I guess you call it a radius arm that he's putting on. He said it will be 100% back together and fully operational by the end of the week minus the one tire being flat but it will aparently hold air for a couple days.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Here she is in all her glory... it dont look like much but everything works. It has new radiator, water pump, hoses etc in the process of getting put on. Has a "master" carb rebuild kit but he said I'm on my own doing that. Has a new battery and the starter was just refurbished. And it has a new umm I guess you call it a radius arm that he's putting on. He said it will be 100% back together and fully operational by the end of the week minus the one tire being flat but it will aparently hold air for a couple days.

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Get a front clip for it and hit it with a coat of paint youll have a nice lil tractor that will pry outlive all of us

 

[Dirtman]

Oh and aparently it has no brakes but I simply dont see that as an issue on a tractor that will probably never go over 4mph.

 

[Snoranger]

Aparently these tires have tubes, my buddy said the tires can be repaired (they still have very deep tread and are not dry rotted) but have a couple gouges in them and then they just need need new tubes.

Nooooo idea how I would get them off the rims though. A little beyond a tire spoons capability...

I got a tire machine that will do them.

 

[Curious Hound]

Looks good. Sounds like $1000 to me.

 

[racsan]

typically the brake problems on those older fords are from leaking axle seals, soaking the brake pads. on a 8N the drum just slides off like most vehicles. on the 9N/2N the whole hub & shaft comes out, and its a much larger heavier hub. That 8N I have a picture of Id like to get going one day. Hopefully the back tires on that arent using cacl for weight, it was very common to fill the back tires with a calcium choride mixture, you got a good amount of weight per tire and it wouldn’t freeze but its very corrosive and if you had a leak it would quickly rust rims

 

[Dirtman]

typically the brake problems on those older fords are from leaking axle seals, soaking the brake pads. on a 8N the drum just slides off like most vehicles. on the 9N/2N the whole hub & shaft comes out, and its a much larger heavier hub. That 8N I have a picture of Id like to get going one day. Hopefully the back tires on that arent using cacl for weight, it was very common to fill the back tires with a calcium choride mixture, you got a good amount of weight per tire and it wouldn’t freeze but its very corrosive and if you had a leak it would quickly rust rims

I was thinking about something like this, it's a tractor why can't I just fill the tires with something besides air lol.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I was thinking about something like this, it's a tractor why can't I just fill the tires with something besides air lol.

Use rimguard. Its beet juice. Heavy as hell, dont freeze till like -30, and non toxic and wont rot rims.

Put it in my cub. You dont want air tires on a tractor, it wont have traction to do much of nothin. It made a huge difference on my cub.