8N Tune up parts

Billy Shafer

Well-known Member
I am still working on an 8N with front mount distributor problems.Install cap and rotor hits cap post. I have checked with four parts houses. Cap and rotor still hit. Using the numbers that say they fits an 8N. Does anyone have a different set of numbers. That they know for sure will work.My customer is getting upset and so am I.
 
Likely, your distributor is damaged... the breaker plate/front bearing holder is bent so the rotor isn't centered or the shaft assembly has moved forwards for some reason.
 
Hello, Billy. There is a spacer (I say washer) above the point cam & below the snap ring........is it present?
 
Good front mount distributor parts are getting extremely hard to find. Most likely what you have purchased were TISCO parts which are junk. NAPA sell Echlin parts which have been good in the past. Rotor FA300, cap FA350. You can call nnalert and see what they have but the last cap I got from them was a TISCO. However, the cap did work OK. You can call this site but I think all they have is a TISCO cap. Good luck. Think about converting the tractor to a side distributor.
 
Yes it is. Got my parts from NAPA. Parts Plus can cross match,but it comes up as the same parts. What I have done. Is grind down the electrode on the rotor. So now it will clear all four post. Works on the bench anyway.

Been doing tune ups since I was ten. Never had this kind of problem. Going out in the morning early when it is not so hot.To put it back together.

My fat little 63 year old body. Got a little bit to hot the other day. Been sick since then. But feeling better after two days under the AC.
 
Here in TX, we have to be very aware for these summer months! There was a time when I would say, "I'll take 100F, any day, versus 30F, blowing rain/ice"., but age is tempering that just a little.
 
Wait, I didn't know there was a conversion kit! Don't want to high jack thread, but I want to know more about this.
 
(quoted from post at 15:05:09 06/20/13) Wait, I didn't know there was a conversion kit! Don't want to high jack thread, but I want to know more about this.
ell,...........the best "conversion kit" is to swap tractors! Starting with a front mount & trying to change it to a side mount, you run into many things. Different cam shaft, cam gear cover, generator needs to be moved to left side (oops, the oil fill tube is too far forward to clear generator) (oops, there are no cast bosses in left side of block to mount generator) (oops, the oil filter is too far forward, too, but not to fret, a new cylinder head with filter bolt holes further to rear is available & new oil lines, too) (oops, no timing port or marks on flywheel, that are needed to time a side mount) & I probably forgot something. Of course, an innovator can overcome all this with enough time & money. :wink:
I did forgot to mention that there are no holes in the head to mount the coil. What else??
 
Good - I haven't missed anything! I saw that and thought "how can there be a kit that does that?" Course, they put mags on the war models so I thought maybe it was possible.

I'll just soldier on with the frontie.
 
As a quick fix, try two gaskets on dist. cap. Also, could drill hole in rotor a very little. This should be done on the bench.
 
Those are the numbers I got from NAPA. I used to use NAPA all the time. That was the go to store.But to me over the last ten years they have gone down hill. For quality parts.Last alternator I got from them. Lasted about 15 minutes before it smoked.
 

I had problems with the rotor not going completly down on the shaft, had to force it down. Not sure how I'll get it off without breaking it but what must be done will be done.
 

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