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Apr 26, 2002 | 12:25 PM

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DavidB

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The antique tractors board listed above is an excellent source of information. If you want parts for a Ford 2N, 9N, or 8N, you can't beat www.just8ns.com. If you can't locate what you want, just give them a call. Don Barkley is a great guy to deal with.

Apr 26, 2002 | 05:34 PM

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Pulling a motor loose in FIRST gear?????

Hmm, seems to me the gears work better if you try that in the highest gear possible....

In first, the engine makes less speed, right?
So more engine RPM is needed to make the axle turn over once.

In higher gear ranges the engine turns less per axle rotation...

The ideal here is to get the most out of the torque FROM THE TIRES to the engine itself, so the gear ratios should work in reverse direction!

Push it or pull it in the highest gear it has, that will put more turning torque on the CRANKshaft of the engine.

And in a tractor - there is a lot of gear reduction.
The flywheel/Starter gear option is probably the best bet.

But I hope nothing snaps inside.....

Apr 26, 2002 | 05:39 PM

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exsept whatever you are pulling it with has to be able to pull all of that torque around, which most tractors can't, or at least cant get enough traction to do.

Apr 26, 2002 | 05:42 PM

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I tell ya what, I can hardly believe the abuse most old tractors can seem to withstand and still run......

Would you do this stuff to a daily driven truck?

Apr 27, 2002 | 12:15 PM

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wolverineflight31

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We pulled it with our F-250 PSD and trust me...traction and power was the least of our worries!

We did that twice and nothing happened so I guess we'll buy some more lubricant tonight and spray in it. Thanks for all the replies!

Apr 28, 2002 | 08:00 PM

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Grey- I agree, you see all kinda of trucks come to truck pulls and they throw off driveshafts and break motor mounts, but those old 40's-50's tractors can take it time and time again. hats off to them.

Apr 28, 2002 | 09:36 PM

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I had the same problems with a John Deere "B", it was sitting in water (Due to flooding) up to the bottom of the motor mounts. Once we got it out of the water we drained all the fluids, put diesel down both of the spark plug holes, filled the rear diff with diesel, and let it sit until the next Saturday.

We went out the next week-end and hooked up an old thrashing belt from one tractor to the other, put a little tension on the belt and that motor started to turn.

We then drained the fuel out of the crakcase filled it with oil and started it by hand. The thing ran perfect. We drove it around the yard to get the diesel moving around in the diff. then drained that filled with oil and it has been running ever since.