Lou F 1950 8N
New User
I have owned an 8n for several years that I use around my horse farm. Never really had to get into what serial number it was, since most of the parts I have ordered were pretty easy to find. It has a front distrbutor, original 6 volt system. wagner loader. I haven't had to do anything major except tune up.
I am getting ready to do a rear wheel seal replacement and was trying to determine if I have inner rear seals so I could order the parts. I cleaned off my serial number plate and found I have *8n264567* . After finding this I went down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out what exact year I have and if any major stuff had been replaced with used items of a different year. I went through John Smith's Identification article and the one thing that jumped out was the front mount distributor. According to everything I find the change to a side mount distributor was at serial # 263844. So is my tractor an oddball or is this changeover number just an estimate and there was some engine overlap around this time.
Thanks for any info you can offer.
I am getting ready to do a rear wheel seal replacement and was trying to determine if I have inner rear seals so I could order the parts. I cleaned off my serial number plate and found I have *8n264567* . After finding this I went down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out what exact year I have and if any major stuff had been replaced with used items of a different year. I went through John Smith's Identification article and the one thing that jumped out was the front mount distributor. According to everything I find the change to a side mount distributor was at serial # 263844. So is my tractor an oddball or is this changeover number just an estimate and there was some engine overlap around this time.
Thanks for any info you can offer.