Du Farmsabit
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I was given this combine last fall. It looks as though it has sat most of the time, and i'm going to try and get it working again. It has a Ford 8N engine, which i thought would be the first place to start. So far, i had the mag rebuilt, got a new carb, changed radiator hoses, oil, and ran diesel through the top, followed by 30 weight to bring the compression back up, i got 70, 70, 70, 100#. Thanks to some of the posters here, i was able to time it using the "balloon method", but so far, all i can do is run it on either. I have egged out the hole for the hand crank, and i'm pretty sore from all this cranking.
I was thinking about putting a ring gear, and starter on it, i know that wouldn't be stock, but i'd like to use this thing some day because i only have 10 acres, and it'd be nice to grow some oats or something besides hay. I also would like to find the original hand crank to lift the header, someone replaced it with a cylinder, which is shot.
Here's a link to my first U-tube vid. on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK96_6gNZEw
Any comments, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
I was thinking about putting a ring gear, and starter on it, i know that wouldn't be stock, but i'd like to use this thing some day because i only have 10 acres, and it'd be nice to grow some oats or something besides hay. I also would like to find the original hand crank to lift the header, someone replaced it with a cylinder, which is shot.
Here's a link to my first U-tube vid. on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK96_6gNZEw
Any comments, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Everything else looks good, it's just been sitting, which means i got all this brown lock tight on everything, so i'll be going to the hardware store for nuts n bolts too. I think though, if i take my time, and think first, i might do alright.
