1948 Ford 8N Temp Guage

Did the 8n come with a water temp guage?

No.

There are a few ways to retrofit one.

Go to modern view and in the top search
box, enter " dealer installed options".
Many posts about lights, monroe ez-
rider seat, sherman aux transmissions,
ect.

I have a 1952 8n. More than 506,000 made
before this one. It has a temp gauge.
The sending unit is threaded into a boss
on the front left on the head. I'm just
guessing it was a dealer installed
option.

John

Here are the pictures.

No domestic issued N ever came with a temperature gauge. The 9NAN, 2NAN, and 8NAN only. The TVO/Kerosene burning models did have optional TEMP GAUGES. Those models were almost all exported to the UK, Europe, and Australia. The TEMPERATURE GAUGE was fitted on the RH lower dash panel, at the 5 O'Clock position below the OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. The original drawing for the dash shows the hole location cutout with: "NOTE - TO MAKE 9N-AN AND 2N-AN ADD THIS HOLE". The original drawing for the gauge faceplate, 9NAN-10888, shows: "WARNING: ONLY USE HEAVY FUEL WHEN NEEDLE IS ON THE GREEN". These drawings show the temp gauge was released in July, 1941 on the TVO/Kerosene burning NAN models only. The 8N in April, 1950 added a boss for the sensor to the head at the front LH side with the intention they were going to add the temp gauge into production. It never made it. Some fellas added one supplied by their dealer but were never offered as an optional accessory per se. Many feel one of the flaws on the N was the omission of a temp gauge, but, maybe the engineers were onto something. I have only overheated my N's once, and that was because I overfilled it when I first got it. I have seen a few 8N's with temp gauges and they were all later models with the Proofmeter and the temp gauge was located on the LH lower dash panel.


Tim Daley(MI)

No but its a nice addition, those that don't have one wish they did
: )

My thinking is that there are more reasons for a temp gauge than just to indicate overheating. For instance, my Jube never makes it to the green zone so I'm guessing that the last owner left the thermostat out or that it is stuck open. When I take the hood off this summer, I'll put a new thermostat in and find out.

Another reason would be for chosen warmup duration, possible rad restriction, running way warmer or colder than it should.

Pretty cheesy I think, not having installed gauges. As I've said before, if GM had made a tractor with a three point, then that is probably what I would have . . . and the 3 point wasn't even Ford it was Ferguson.

I'd be willing to bet that the early Fergusons, not only having OHV's before ford, had temp gauges as well.

Huh. The boss wasn?t added until 4/1950? That means my 1949 has experienced a head replacement at some point. Not a shock, I knew it was at least a two rebuild tractor.

Pardon me for coming off so anti-Ford . . .

after all my very first car was a 1956 Meteor that really served me well. It even got us into the bush near Saddle Mountain north of Sault Ste. Marie about ten miles on an old logging road and we drove out too.

Then in 1969 I bought a dark purple 1956 Mercury pickup with a V8, and moved to this Island in it. Traded it later for my first set of drums.

Had a green 70's ford pickup that sucked but a late 60's big honkin Mercury station wagon with a big V8. After synthetic oil silenced the five clacking lifters, it was great! I did Amsoil sales and conversions out of it in the cities for a spell.

And yada, yada
T

HAHAHA!!! What kind of drums did you trade for? It reminded me of "The Blues Brothers" when Elwood says to Jake he traded the old Blues Mobile for a microphone. I'm a LUDWIG man myself. First took jazz lessons in 1966 with a REMCO plastic snare, a step up from a kids' toy, but it worked. Bought my first 3-pc kit new from JC PENNEY in 1968 from my paper route profits. Purchased a used LUDWIG kit in 1968. Bought my 2nd used LUDWIG kit in 1972. In 1978 I bought a new, custom ordered by myself direct from LUDWIG, kit with PAISTE cymbals. This was when LUDWIG was still on Damien Ave in Chicago. I've played in several Detroit area bands in the 70's, 80's, 90's and now am restructuring our old childhood/neighborhood band whom our bass player now has Stage 4 Prostate Cancer and wanted to gig one last time.

Tim *PloughNman* Daley(MI)

(quoted from post at 04:48:30 02/21/20) HAHAHA!!! What kind of drums did you trade for? It reminded me of "The Blues Brothers" when Elwood says to Jake he traded the old Blues Mobile for a microphone. I'm a LUDWIG man myself. First took jazz lessons in 1966 with a REMCO plastic snare, a step up from a kids' toy, but it worked. Bought my first 3-pc kit new from JC PENNEY in 1968 from my paper route profits. Purchased a used LUDWIG kit in 1968. Bought my 2nd used LUDWIG kit in 1972. In 1978 I bought a new, custom ordered by myself direct from LUDWIG, kit with PAISTE cymbals. This was when LUDWIG was still on Damien Ave in Chicago. I've played in several Detroit area bands in the 70's, 80's, 90's and now am restructuring our old childhood/neighborhood band whom our bass player now has Stage 4 Prostate Cancer and wanted to gig one last time.
Tim *PloughNman* Daley(MI)

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Hey Tim,

Very cool!
I traded my Mercury pickup for a set of middle-of-the-road, Coronets. They had a Rogers Hi Hat that I still have and it had great old Zildjans Hi Hat cymbals and a great Zildjan ride, and my favorite pedal to this day, a Ludwig Speed King. My double Tom holder is a Ludwig as well.

I sold the Coronets and went Gretsch.
In the past the only drums with cast hoops were Gretsch and Premier. I'm exclusively a cast hoops guy; rim shots ring like bells. I have a deep Premier snare.

I bought some used Paiste Hi Hat cymbals years ago but they weren't the exact Paistes I was after so I traded them for my two JBL 15 speakers connected to my stereo. I wanted Paiste 602s as I recall.

My first Gretschs had a 12" Tom by my snare. Later I bought another set of Gretchs but it came with a 13" Tom which I never liked. Finally I located a 12" Gretch in the exact same finish and it fits in perfectly. A bass playing friend who used to record in LA with the Association, said to me one day, "I wish drummers would get bigger basses." So as per his wisdom that i greatly respected, my present Gretschs have a 24" bass drum and he was so right. At the same head tension you get a deeper tone.

Have fun with the old band resurrection!

Terry