My son found a 8n#94574 on a logging job. The owner told him to take it. It had been in a lean to shed for several years. All tires flat and rotted, bullet holes in hood and thru gas tank, distributer broken by the axle. Both radius rods bent, grill missing a tooth and bent up. Various and sundry other mechanical/structurial anomolies.I should have taken a camera! Had to drag it out of a bottom thru the mud to get it to the trailer. Wenched it on and took it home. It had a bush hog on it that was rusted beyond repair so I ditched it. I was able to turn the crank with the fan blades after removing the plugs. The plugs did not have any rust or much carbon on them. The oil was black but did not appear to be contaminated. It still had antifreez in the radiator. The trans oil was a little milkey. I had never worked on a 8n but was willing to take on the task of puting back in tip top condition. With the help of previous post on this board I was able to resolve all of the problems. This was done without even having a manual. Here is a list of what has been done so far. Since Sept 01, 02. *new rear axle seals
*brake shoes and clean drums
*clean and flush radiator
*clean and flush engine cooling system
*drain all fluids *replace wiring (rats)
*remove rat nest inside air cleaner
*pull and rebuild carb
*pull and rebuild starter
*new bearings and bushings and grease seals on front spindles *strighten radius rods and fabricate new pins
*adjust valve lash (had to order special tool)
*pulled distributer and rebuilt it, new points,condenser,rotor and cap. *welded all the bullet holes in tank and hood.
*strightened the grill and welded in a new vertical bar.
*clean wheel rims, etching primer then cold galvinize inner area, new tires with tubes.
*pound out all dents and grind out all rust, weld in new metal where removed (no bondo).
*replace all bent, broken or otherwise unservicable nuts, washers, brackets, bolts, hoses,belt,etc.
* replace steering drag link ends. adjust steering.
*compression test (95 psi) all four.
*start and check for other problems (front seal leaking will repair if it gets real bad just seeping now)
*runs good sounds good (no knocks rattles)
*put on wheels checked out trans, pto and lift. (all is well)
* Gas tank contaminated the fuel with rust particles (quit running)
*drained tank, cleaned bowl and carb filters, cleaned out carb. *Installed inline gas filter to carb (it still stopped it up with fine rust) did above again!
* Installed electric fuel pump with two filters one pre pump and another between pump and carb.(rust stopped them both up) OK time to clean and seal tank * rigged up a temp fuel supply, tractor runs and performs well.
* stripped it back down drained all fluids again.
* scraped off all dirt and grease. scrubbed with TSP soloution then pressure washed at 3000 psi.
* treated all bare metal with etching primer.
* painted all parts * reassembled all except for the hood All I need to do now is clean and seal the tank, put on the hood and my son will have a great tractor. Would I do it again? Yea, H%*# yea! It was fun! Now to get caught up on all the honey dos around the casa. This is a great site and I hope that I can help someone in the future. Sincerley, Bill in East Texas
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