Just bought a 9N

I’m new to this board and the N series. I think I did ok. I gave $2600 for the tractor, bush hog, scraper blade, plow and hay wagon.

I drove it home (11 mi.) with no problem. Turned it off and tried to restart it and it flooded out. The guy told me that it flooded easy and if I set the throttle on the second notch and tapped the starter, it will fire up. That works but I’m hopping that some of you savvy tractor guys could advise me.

Any online shop manuals?
How can I tell what year it was built? Also, anybody moved round bails of hay with one?

It really seems like a good old tractor. It starts (now that I know the secret) and runs good, no smoke knocks etc.

There is one little thing. The lift don’t seem to want to lift much anymore.

I posted a new post "9N lift trouble" and if any of yall have some encouraging words, I need them.

I have to admit, I'm thinking of asking the seller to bye it back. He guaranteed it would lift a roll of hay, and he is a good guy. The little 9N grow on you pretty quick, but I have hungry cows and can't afford to keep it around if I can't feed with it.

If the seller don’t bye it back, about how much do you think I could get out of it fast?

So, here's a site to help you figure out the age of your tractor. Don't be surprised to find out it's a 2N (most 2N owners think they have a 9N).

• Smith's N Identifier page

• ZANE THANG

Welcome to our world!

I heartily agree with Dell on the Fo-4 manual. If you have never worked on tractors similar to these then you might also take a look at the "videos" link at the top of the main page of this forum. The tune up video goes into detail on the 9N and especially the front mount distributor (remember, that distributor is meant to be removed before you work on it!).

And of course this forum provides a great place for information.

Congrats and Welcome!
MikeC

Unfortunately, most N's can't lift a roundbale on a stinger spear. While their hydraulics will lift about 1200# if you chain the front end down. Most will start flappin their wheels innna the air at about 750#. Most roundbales I'm familar with weigh about 1000#.

There are tow-behind roundbale movers commonly called "doodle-bugs" that clamp over roundbales, you might checkout.

There are NO ONLINE N-Manuals. Recommend the I&T FO-4 manual. Readily available at sponsors of this find N-Board, most tractor parts emporiums, Amazon.com, try www.n-news.com for great archive of implement manuals. Even my local (byte my tongue) John Deere dealer has'em fer sale at their parts rack. $29 cheap, gettcha one and readitt..... ....Dell