Original proofmeter?

Royse

Well-known Member
This is on that 8N I bought last week.
Most of the meters don't last this many hours.
No idea if its original or just been there a long
time but it still works. 5169.5 hours.

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nice to see gauges that are labeled correctly. i refer to the "rpm in hundreds" thing.

my truck's tach has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on it (maybe more). it is labeled "RPM X THOUSAND". uhhh, no, guys, that's divided by, not times. if my engine is only turning fifteen ten-thousandths of an RPM at cruising speed, it ought to get WAY better mileage.
 
its nice to see an original that is still readable, mine, original to the 53 jube 1/2 works, but is very hard to read the numbers on , the needle ect works but the engine hours stopped at 2100, no idea which decade it was now, could be anytime, i worked for a man who in his farming days ran a 1950 8n so hard they literally had to overhaul the engine every 2 years
 
(quoted from post at 22:02:16 07/29/16)
I don't remember ever seeing one that worked pass the mid 2K range. 8)
That's what I thought was unique too Hobo.
Guy I bought it from had owned it for 30 year and always kept
it inside. Maybe that is key to its long life.
Original or not, it's been there (or somewhere) for ~5200 hours.
A lot of variance with engine RPM there.
 
Other then keeping track of hours it can be rolled back to make the tractor
more attractive to buyers, sort of a swindle sheet. It might help Ford sell
the 8N with a new bell and whistle, but other then that I never seen or heard
of anyone using it and lining up the gears and RPMs most guys used their ears
and eyes to adjust the job at hand and if the rain clouds were coming you just
poured the coal to and beat a storm.
LB Master of the Obvious and one time farm boy.
 

Its almost worth taking off and saving as documentation. It may be the most documented N on the planet I would sure hate to see it break.
 
(quoted from post at 22:10:26 07/29/16) Other then keeping track of hours it can be rolled back to make the tractor
more attractive to buyers, sort of a swindle sheet. It might help Ford sell
the 8N with a new bell and whistle, but other then that I never seen or heard
of anyone using it and lining up the gears and RPMs most guys used their ears
and eyes to adjust the job at hand and if the rain clouds were coming you just
poured the coal to and beat a storm.
LB Master of the Obvious and one time farm boy.
They can also be replaced and usually are over the years.
That resets the counter to zero without having to roll back.
As with any tool, it only works for in the hands that know how to use it.
9N/2N/early 8N did not have them. Pretty much every tractor after
that has had them. I think that's more than a sales gimmick.
Required? Maybe not. Useful? Definitely.
 

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