is NH dealer or me dumb?

I came home a rechecked the archives here just to make sure I understood things correctly. PS the problem turned out not to be the coil (please don't ask).

Ford Tractor Operations (FTO) made a policy decision to the effect that now any farmer could afford to drive 75 miles to a dealership, and as a result they did not want dealerships any closer that 100 miles. This was the primary factor for my decision to close our dealership that was started by my family over 40 years earlier.

Some day when you have an hour to kill you can help adjust that attitude. Go into the new sales area and kick the tires on a new Boomer. Ask a few questions so the salesman starts to smell the beer on that 20K sale. Then ask how parts availability is. When you get the usual answer walk the salesman back to the parts department, point out the jerk who gave you blast, and tell the salesman that dude cost you this sale.

Your mileage may vary

Jeb

Think about who's in control here.... you are.

That parts man is typical of parts men at most tractor dealerships now days. They are the lowest paid people in the store and you know that old saying."You get what you pay for"

You would not believe some of the statements I have gotten from the local IH dealership parts men. Even though they have been there for years non of them know anything about anythinng.

Zane

A couple of years ago, I did a bunch of work on a Ford Major, and several "N"'s at the same time, and took a list (complete with part numbers) to my nearest NH dealer. I had to leave the list for the parts manager, as the flunky at the counter said he did not know how to look the part numbers up in the system for the old stuff.

I called the parts manager the next day, and was told in a smart a$$ed manner almost all the parts on my list were no longer available.

I called a NH dealer 200 miles away, and found out most of the parts WERE still available. They ordered in the ones they didn't have, and sent them to me a few days later OPEN ACCOUNT. Most of the parts were in new-looking Ford New Holland boxes, with the part numbers I had given still used.

So it DOES MATTER what dealer you try to work with!

Good luck,
Dan

I figured he's young and inexperienced. Hopefully he will learn.

Rick H. GA.

(Are you working with a front-mount, or a side-mount distributor?)

I know there are aftermarket 12 Volt coils for the front mount, but I'm not sure if CNH offers one.

There are also pseudo 12v front mount coils.. though as we have found.. they still need a small dropping resistor. ( maybee that is what he was bugging out about? ).

And then there are the coils that most of the tractor dealers sell... a 6v sidemount that says 12v w/ resistor.. etc.

My local NH dealer is an otherwise great place. EXCEPT for N related stuff. Their stock answer on an N-question is 'NLA'... even when I'm using a NH part number that has been updated/crossed and posted here by others getting parts from thier dealers.

Soundguy