N Grab Bag Purchase

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

Yesterday a friend showed up with a tractor parts grab bag that I could have for $20 sight unseen . . . just for fun. I said O.K. and went out to his truck. He gave me the chance to back out as I looked the stuff over, cause I was wondering what NAA owner in his right mind needs two new 8N dipsticks and other parts I don't need at this time or probably won't ever need.

PTO cap
Good 12 V coil
New ignition switch
Bunch of lynch pins and two on chains
1 Sediment bowl gasket (THIS I'll need!)
2 N dipsticks
1 pipe plug
4 new top link pins

Mike OH · Oct 3, 2016

It's not a case of needing the parts or not. It is a case of getting something that you MIGHT need at some time or other........and the price was right.

The problem I have in getting something like that is when I DO need something, I will have forgotten that I got it ........ or, I can't rembember where I put it. LOL Good score!!

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

Hi Mike,

True enough and finally having understood the natural tendency to forget the parts' history, I immediately box or bag the stuff and mark them with sharpies. I also use a lot of white electrical tape cause sharpie pens show up great on it and when the tape is peeled off it comes off easy and doesn't leave any sticky residue.
I used to use a lot of ball-tipped paint markers for brake drums etc. Stays on for years if not forever.

I wanted to have another good 12V coil on hand as well.

cheers,
Terry

steve19438 · Oct 3, 2016

The problem I have in getting something like that is when I DO need something, I will have forgotten that I got it ........ or, I can't rembember where I put it. LOL Good score!!

amen to that!

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

Don't know about this 12 V coil.
Anyone know?
Just noticed that written on it is:
"Use with transistor ignition" Japan

Also, what are the linch pins with the small round pins typically used for? The shortest of these pins has a small hole. Smaller 3-point category maybe?? One of them says: "Made in England".

Thanks,
Terry

W_B · Oct 3, 2016

(quoted from post at 19:42:21 10/03/16)

Also, what are the linch pins with the small round pins typically used for? The shortest of these pins has a small hole. Smaller 3-point category maybe?? One of them says: "Made in England". Thanks, Terry

My finish mower uses the small pins to hold the wheels on the mower. The shaft that holds the wheel has a small hole on top where the pin goes through and has spacers to adjust the height so you raise the mower and remove the pin (holding the wheel so it doesn't just fall out on its own, don't ask me how I know) and adjust the spacers for the height you need. Put the shaft back up in the hold and snap the pin in place. I lost one and had been using a bolt but got some of the small lynch pins recently to replace the bolt.

My livestock trailer also has the small ones to secure the door locks. Don't know why because the big ones fit too.

Smalltowner · Oct 3, 2016

I'm thinking that coil is for use with electronic ignitions but I'm certainly not sure. An ordinary modern replacement 12V coil usually says "no internal resistor needed"...

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

(quoted from post at 12:34:40 10/03/16)

(quoted from post at 19:42:21 10/03/16)

Also, what are the linch pins with the small round pins typically used for? The shortest of these pins has a small hole. Smaller 3-point category maybe?? One of them says: "Made in England". Thanks, Terry

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My finish mower uses the small pins to hold the wheels on the mower. The shaft that holds the wheel has a small hole on top where the pin goes through and has spacers to adjust the height so you raise the mower and remove the pin (holding the wheel so it doesn't just fall out on its own, don't ask me how I know) and adjust the spacers for the height you need. Put the shaft back up in the hold and snap the pin in place. I lost one and had been using a bolt but got some of the small lynch pins recently to replace the bolt.

My livestock trailer also has the small ones to secure the door locks. Don't know why because the big ones fit too.

W_B,

Good info; sounds like one of the right applications, if not the very use they were intended for. One of those top link pins in the photo is very short with that same small hole too. Wonder what that pin was used for -- too short to go through the draft rocker. (?)

Thanks,
Terry

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

Small Towner,
Interesting. . . but wouldn't that be "no EXternal resistor needed)?

Just wondering . . . so this coil would probably call for a resistor, if I read you right.

I have an external resistor on my present working coil.

Thanks,
Terry

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

Small Towner,

Another correction.

It probably is as you said, "no internal resistor required"
BECAUSE an external resistor, like I have, WILL be used.

I should see if I can read what is written on my coil.

Terry

Tall T · Oct 3, 2016

W _B,

You said:
"My livestock trailer also has the small ones to secure the door locks. Don't know why because the big ones fit too."

That's interesting because the flat faced big ones would be best for having shims up against them. The small round ones would sometimes be better flat-faced as well.

T

fredstev · Oct 4, 2016

When you tend to keep spare parts, and you've done it for years, it can be kind of confusing at times. I have three 6 volt coils up on a shelf, and all three are marked "maybe good".

I have no idea what I should do with a '57 Ford Fairlane 500 harmonic balancer & pulley I keep moving about. . .

Tall T · Oct 4, 2016

(quoted from post at 03:28:26 10/04/16) When you tend to keep spare parts, and you've done it for years, it can be kind of confusing at times. I have three 6 volt coils up on a shelf, and all three are marked "maybe good".

I have no idea what I should do with a '57 Ford Fairlane 500 harmonic balancer & pulley I keep moving about. . .

Fred,

For my "maybe good" category I use a big question mark.

I've been shuffling those kinds of probably-never-gonna-need parts around for years too. It's probably because we can't stand the thought of throwing something away and later actually needing it.

Terry

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