More on 9/2N ID

Went back up there with a can of Brake Cleaner and rag. Serial # on the old girl is, best I can tell, is 9N113042. If I read Mr. Smith's website correctly, that would make it a 1943 model.
Since that was mid WWII, shouldn't it have Stainless hood, and a magneto?
I did not see a switch to start it either....How did these old girls start?


Just curious...

Anyway, more pics attached....
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Oh yes - The strange lever on the left side appears to have 3 positions: Forward, Middle, and Back. This give any clue as to what it is?

Thanks for all the help!

Tommy D.
 
I didn't see the first post, but your serial number appears to agree
with the tractor. 1943 2N. Could be earlier I suppose that had the
engine replaced with a later one.

I can't tell from the pictures if there is a spot for the thumb press
starter button just in front of the shifter, but it looks like it might
have been there. I don't see a dipstick there.

Someone else may be able to comment on the dash mounted push
button as to whether or not it looks original. HCooke maybe?

The solenoid and wiring are not original.
The mystery lever looks like the shifter on my Sherman Step-up
transmissions in my 9N and 2N.
 
I have ser. 9N110*** (43 2N) The starter button is located just in front of tranny shifter. Mine also does not have a mag nor steel wheels. Nor does it have that there extra shifter :(
 
ScubaInstr,You have a 1943 model 2n there. It came without a starter,starter thumb button in front of the gear shift(still blocked off with a plug) battery,generator,amp gauge.That tractor came with a magneto on it and was changed to a distributor some time later,and starter,battery,generator,amp gauge added.It looks like the solenoid has the little button on the bottom that is used to engage the starter and probably a ignition switch some place to power the coil.
 
Not as knowledgeable as the GURUS on here but early Fords( very early fords) had the starter button on the dash. It could be an early Ford with a later engine? Could the button on the top left of the dash be the start button?
 
Looks to me like there is a starter button on the left side of the dash. That is a 1939 dash.
 
the lever on the left side is for a Sherman aux trans and by the look a step up as it has the small shiny ball end the step down and step up and down both have totally different handles from each other and the step up one
 
"aux tranny has 3 positions; forward middle and back."

i have a combo in mine (which i dont think you have there) which has 3 positions. to get into the middle / direct drive range i need to get to the middle position; pull it a little to the left (away from the tractor) and then back. the center postion can feel like its in a range until you let the clutch out and find it in nuetral on the combo.

also; my combo has a "dog leg" shift handle.
 
Wherever did you hear the N's had a stainless steel hood? They never did. The first 600-800 had an aluminum hood only because the stamped steel dies were not yet ready for production so Ford's right hand man, Charles Sorenson had his son cast them at his foundry. Next, contrary to what many think, the wartime 2N was introduced top have no electrics, no rubber but in reality only a few thousand were ever built. We need more and better pictures. Where is the key switch? Where is the tranny dip stick? Pressurized or non-pressurized radiator? Early small generator? Your steering wheel appears to be a 2N but dash might be an early 9N. You know when an engine blew, they would swap it out with whatever they could get. There are many 'mutts' out there with 9N engines in 2N tractors and vice versa.

Tim 'PloughNman' Daley(MI)
 
Here is a photo of a step up in an 8n.
Next is a photo of a step-down in a 2n. other than the rust there is no difference in the handles. Other photo is in another post.
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"If you can see a difference than please point it out."

One's in the forward position, the other is not!
Sorry Kirk, I couldn't resist. LOL
 
It's hard to tell the difference between the two
in a non runner without looking at the case which
in a 9n/2n would require a split. 8n is easy just
pop the steering box for a look see. Red for step-
down and gray for step-up.
The step-ups were more popular and I would think
maybe 8 out of 10 you will find to be a step-up at
least in my neck of the woods, I can't speak for
other parts of the country.

Kirk
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