Posted by The tractor vet on October 18, 2016 at 07:12:17 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: 8n oil pressure posted by smckinney on October 17, 2016 at 17:11:32:
Well i am not your local Ford guru but and engine is and engine and over the years i have addressed this on a hand full of Ford's and the #1 cause of this is it is wore out . Way to much clearance in the main's and rods cam way to loose in it's bore and the oil pump is almost toast . Now i could tell you like one shaddy tractor jockey told a young woman that had horses and bought a Sherman and Williams overhauled 8N ford off this guy as he told her that when they over hauled this tractor they installed the oil pressure gauge back wards and it would go down after you ran it . One of her neighbors was one of my customers and he got me involved in it and we did the best we could with the limited funds that she could afford . I was able to bring her up from 5 psi hot to 30 psi hot by installing undersized bearings on the rods and mains and rebuilding the oil pump and for summer use we steeped up her oil to 40 weight and for winter use 30 weight . She mowed two pastures a couple times a year hauled horse apples and moved a little snow in the winter . Was it a permanent , no but it got her by .
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