It's been a while since I've owned an N series, and posted here... I am a wind turbine technician with a wide range of technical abilities. I recently purchased an 8n at auction. I haven't checked the serial number, but it has a front mount distributor. The oil is almost fresh looking, and all the fluids were at an appropriate level. The tractor supposedly sat for a year, and the key was lost. I got the tractor running, it smoked like crazy as I expected, gray in color. After a couple minutes, the smoke cleared. Oil pressure was at approximately 30 psi. I let it warm proceeded to drive it home. I noticed that it had a light engine noise, I'm assuming a bearing. During the two mile drive, the oil pressure worked its way down towards 10 psi, and had seemed to loose some power. When I got it home, I pulled into the drive and parked it. I had noticed a light cloud behind it on the way home, but it was hardly noticeable. Approximately an hour later, I started it to move it to the garage to get ready to tear into it, and it smoked like crazy and I shut it down. What do you guys suggest? I am planning on lightly working the tractor, its in good shape, so I'm not restoring it as of now. My plans are to change the oil, and look at the old oil for metal residue. I'm going to put a straight 30 weight or straight 40 weight in it. I would like to run both a dry and wet compression test before I do anything to see the condition of the top end. Then I will be dropping the pan and planning on some bearing work.
Thanks,
GBott
Thanks,
GBott