Old steel wheel Fordson

I have come upon an old steel wheel Fordson while cleaning out my great uncles barn. It seems in good shape. It has 2 motors. I am assuming one is some type of pony or starter motor. It hasnt been run since the 90s. I am wondering if I need to lube anything prior to pulling it out so I can work on it and what motor I should tackle first? I was always told it was build in 1910 but Im not sure how to verify.

The first Fordsons were built in 1917 so yours cant be earlier than that. The only way they started was by cranking them by hand, so if you have an extra engine
that isnt just like the one the tractor already has, it doesnt go to that tractor.

Because of its worm drive rear axle, towing a Fordson isnt recommended, but it can be done if you take it SLOW!

Take out the sparkplugs and squirt some oil in the holes, and crank that a bit to lube the cylinder walls and rings. Make sure the engine/trans has plenty of
oil in it- there are 2 petcocks to check the oil level. Your best bet is to visit a few Fordson websites and familiarize yourself with the idiosyncrasies of
this machine before trying to start it!

Fordson House or Rosewood Machine Shop are sources for advice and parts.

Post some pictures if you can!

Did it turn over hand cranking after oiled?

Thanks for all of the tips. I appreciate it. Jason.

Yes it did. Kind of exciting!

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This post was edited by Jason7722 on 05/18/2022 at 02:26 pm.

The wheels and radiator, with that colour combo most likely make it a Fordson ''N'' built in Dagenham, England from 1933-36. Ford stopped making Fordsons in the U.S. in 1928 and started building them in Ireland, then England. A few were imported into the U.S., more went to Canada.

Thanks. Having trouble uploading more photos.

Looks English, but your your eyes better than mine ,need to see intake ,carburetor for me .
Appears if the fuel system is purged of all rusty crud it will start.
Drain radiator and add water and flushed after ran Twenty minutes .
Put in sealer and fresh antifreeze .
Im pretty excited to hear about this adventure ,looking bette all the posts

(quoted from post at 16:03:22 05/18/22) Looks English, but your your eyes better than mine ,need to see intake ,carburetor for me .
Appears if the fuel system is purged of all rusty crud it will start.
Drain radiator and add water and flushed after ran Twenty minutes .
Put in sealer and fresh antifreeze .
Im pretty excited to hear about this adventure ,looking bette all the posts

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Thanks again. Heavy rain moved in yesterday day. The ground is too soft to move it out for a few days. Ill update posts as I move along. Im sure more questions will arise.

English built Model N.

I agree that what you show could be a Model N. A lot of it was very similar to the Model F. The engine was a bit higher in cubic inch displacement. It had a governor and magneto mounted to the front RH side of the engine. These would have been aftermarket for the old Fordson. The last blue N's were made at the very end of the 1937 production. They then switched to prairie gold for 1938 and into 1939. After 1939, none were imported into the US, since Great Britain needed all the tractors they could produce. The sons of farmers were quite obligated to serve in the military, so mechanization was greatly expanded. Land Girls were sent to the farms to do as much as they could. When WWII started, the Fordsons were painted green to make them less obvious for strafing. 1937 was also the last year for a water-washer air cleaner with the air intake on the steering column. The 1938 is easy to tell by the two stacks, one for intake, one for exhaust. If it has the original engine, you can determine the year by the serial number which followed the same Fordson sequence all the way into the late 50's or early 60's.

A fairly rare variation of the Model N was the row crop model. It was created by adding special parts to the Standard N. In England, there were some slight variations in the Standard, such as the wheels and tires, and the
front axle with a dip in it. At about 1936, the front of the axle support could have had four threaded holes for
mounting equipment, or for the row crop front assembly.



There was another variation in the Fordson N, the Industrial N. It came adapted for use on factory floors, etc. It had a shorter steering column like the old F, and often had hard rubber tires. Some of them had electric systems with self-starters. They may have come without rear fenders. They may or may not have come with a high speed rear end for road travel. The air cleaner was a special design.

They are beautius maximas !

I see the F in the background too!