Hi everyone. This is my first tractor. I moved to the country a couple years ago, and finally got a few acres last fall, and as I have been settling into my new property, I've been keeping my eye out for a nice tractor. I found a tractor, but the "nice" didn't happen! (But it has potential.) I decided to buy a "fixer upper". It's a '49 8N. Nothing special about it, other than the amount neglect it has received. It's been outside most of its life, I suppose. Needs a lot of work. Brakes and clutch seems to work. Steering is fairly tight. Seems to hold water OK.
I paid $300 for it and trailered it home. 1 flat front tire and one new rear tire. Rear treads don't match, and neither do the wheels. I got the MS carburetor in a coffee can, along with a full rebuild kit. Cobwebs were free.
I rebuilt the carb, slapped it on. Put my new fuel line on - no gas. Sediment bowl was full of caramelized fuel.
Took it apart and rebuilt it. Learned these tractors have a reserve setting in the process. Cool. Fuel was now flowing.
I took the air cleaner off to check it out. Lots of oil caked dirt on it. Seems there no way to open it up easily to really clean it. I soaked it with carb cleaner. Seems it will work OK for the time being.
(con't)
I paid $300 for it and trailered it home. 1 flat front tire and one new rear tire. Rear treads don't match, and neither do the wheels. I got the MS carburetor in a coffee can, along with a full rebuild kit. Cobwebs were free.
I rebuilt the carb, slapped it on. Put my new fuel line on - no gas. Sediment bowl was full of caramelized fuel.
Took it apart and rebuilt it. Learned these tractors have a reserve setting in the process. Cool. Fuel was now flowing.
I took the air cleaner off to check it out. Lots of oil caked dirt on it. Seems there no way to open it up easily to really clean it. I soaked it with carb cleaner. Seems it will work OK for the time being.
(con't)