Ford 1946? 2N Tractor SN: 9N242513 with Sherman Hi-Lo 3 speed trans.
I just got my first ford tractor. Giddy like a little child, I have been tinkering and playing with it nearly all of my free time. Started off with flat tires, got the rears to hold some air and put a tube in the front.. Next found a fuel issue, think it was rust. Total disassemble clean and reassemble carb and fuel sediment bowl and screen, adding a secondary filter to watch for trash, seems to be fixed. In that process I reached across the top of the running engine to turn the fuel on and got a huge shock.. Made me ponder. Retrieved a long screw driver, poked spark plug wire that shocked me, and when I was about a 1/2 inch away from the top of the block, all of a sudden I have a huge beautiful spark jumping the gap and the motor starts to falter. I found that plugs 1 and 4 would do that... I figured the wires were bad, but I pondered of that for a spell and decided I wanted to look at the spark plugs.. I am attaching 3 pictures. the first is all 4 plugs 1-4 L-R when I pulled them, next is #4 and last is 1-4 after being cleaned of oil...
My thoughts are the rings must be bad and I probably should do an overhaul. Any thoughts or suggestions?
I have pretty much already decided I wanted to overhaul the engine just because when i got it, the oil was thin and after fresh 15w40 oil I had 5-7psi oil pressure at hot idle 20-25psi cold. I figure overhaul before I do any real damage..
I'm think of a semi restore-work tractor toy. I am looking to get a 6ft finish mower, it does ok with my 6ft brush hog, but that doesn't work so well in the front yard.. I found a Ford 3pt bucket and a Dearborne 3 pt bucket this week for $40 together.. I think this will be a fun toy to tinker and play with, with my boys (3 and 5 years old)...
This looks like a fun project that I can tackle this winter when the snow is blowing and I want something to do in the shop after hours. Not sure what to do about the sheet metal. The hood is pretty bad, painted over rusted through and someone welded the lower skins onto the hood, plus the front is crushed and the grill looks awful.. I run a general welding and fabrication shop with my father and Trike building business on my own. www.premiertrikes.com and www.kceind.com
In an engine rebuild, are there any things not in the 75 tips or the FO-4 manual that I should know? Do I need to line bore the block even though I am sure the bearings have not spun? I don't really know anything about flat heads, give me a chevy LS1 computerized or a 4.3L V6 Computerized or carbureted..
Anyways, I am new, I like this group, so far I have made it 74 pages deep in the forum. I am hoping for any advice or suggestions as I begin this undertaking... Is anyone on here from the Wichita, Kansas area?
Thanks, Jeff
I just got my first ford tractor. Giddy like a little child, I have been tinkering and playing with it nearly all of my free time. Started off with flat tires, got the rears to hold some air and put a tube in the front.. Next found a fuel issue, think it was rust. Total disassemble clean and reassemble carb and fuel sediment bowl and screen, adding a secondary filter to watch for trash, seems to be fixed. In that process I reached across the top of the running engine to turn the fuel on and got a huge shock.. Made me ponder. Retrieved a long screw driver, poked spark plug wire that shocked me, and when I was about a 1/2 inch away from the top of the block, all of a sudden I have a huge beautiful spark jumping the gap and the motor starts to falter. I found that plugs 1 and 4 would do that... I figured the wires were bad, but I pondered of that for a spell and decided I wanted to look at the spark plugs.. I am attaching 3 pictures. the first is all 4 plugs 1-4 L-R when I pulled them, next is #4 and last is 1-4 after being cleaned of oil...
My thoughts are the rings must be bad and I probably should do an overhaul. Any thoughts or suggestions?
I have pretty much already decided I wanted to overhaul the engine just because when i got it, the oil was thin and after fresh 15w40 oil I had 5-7psi oil pressure at hot idle 20-25psi cold. I figure overhaul before I do any real damage..
I'm think of a semi restore-work tractor toy. I am looking to get a 6ft finish mower, it does ok with my 6ft brush hog, but that doesn't work so well in the front yard.. I found a Ford 3pt bucket and a Dearborne 3 pt bucket this week for $40 together.. I think this will be a fun toy to tinker and play with, with my boys (3 and 5 years old)...
This looks like a fun project that I can tackle this winter when the snow is blowing and I want something to do in the shop after hours. Not sure what to do about the sheet metal. The hood is pretty bad, painted over rusted through and someone welded the lower skins onto the hood, plus the front is crushed and the grill looks awful.. I run a general welding and fabrication shop with my father and Trike building business on my own. www.premiertrikes.com and www.kceind.com
In an engine rebuild, are there any things not in the 75 tips or the FO-4 manual that I should know? Do I need to line bore the block even though I am sure the bearings have not spun? I don't really know anything about flat heads, give me a chevy LS1 computerized or a 4.3L V6 Computerized or carbureted..
Anyways, I am new, I like this group, so far I have made it 74 pages deep in the forum. I am hoping for any advice or suggestions as I begin this undertaking... Is anyone on here from the Wichita, Kansas area?
Thanks, Jeff