got a black eye for asking the wife to get a ford

I hope you learned your lesson

Everyone needs to own at least one old Ford in their lifetime,it'll make them really
appreciate a real tractor when they get one.

dt, tell us exactly what is wrong with the 8N if it is used as the 20 hp tractor that it is please.

obviously one should not compare it to kinda modern day tractors since the last one made was in 52 I think.

Fred in Pa wrote: There are a lot of good Fords out there .

smart woman! and you better gits the seizure thing checked out!

littlemarv wrote: It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission....

REALLY .

Why would you have to ask at ALL !!!!!.

A guy had his wife along one day when he stopped by MY Shop to get repair work done ,he ask what's in the other building over there .So I showed him, he said my wife has to see this. He went out and ask her in to the Showroom. She looked around and then said are u married ,I said yes , she said if I was married to her she would kill me for having this much stuff.    I smiled and said with a attitude like that you would not be married to me. WE talked a little and she went back out to the car. After she went out to car ,he started to laugh and said ,I am glad u said that and not me .

I had an 8N for a few years about 40 years ago. It was too light to move snow with a blade on the rear, it was too light to pull its standard plow and the "safety" three point hitch lifted the rear wheels to prevent it pulling too hard. Its PTO was hard connected to the secondary shaft in the transmission so with a rotary mower on the PTO it was impossible to stop moving forward quickly. Fortunately mine had a front bumper that absorbed the impact with stuff the one time I used it with a brush hog type mower. It was the epitome of tractors needing an overrunning clutch on the PTO.

The 8N was better than the 9N and 2N in the steering. The 9N and 2N used a beveled pinion on the steering wheel shaft and a pair of larger diameter beveled ring gears connected to the two steering arms. Without a worm gear in the steering system, a front wheel hitting a clod or furrow kicked the driver very hard. The 8N used a ball worm that didn't kick in that situation. The 8N also had one more forward gear in the transmission.

The last year of 8N changed from the obnoxious front mount distributor (copied from the '36 Ford V-8 car engine) to a side mount distributor that was a ton easier to work on. The front mount distributor was driven by the end of the cam shaft without gears so was a simple design.

I was very happy to see the 8N leave at a price that paid for my purchase price and all the repairs and new tires I had put on it.

When I bought the farm, I bought a MF-135 about the same dimensions as the 8N, but nearly twice the horsepower, twice the weight, power steering, and independent PTO. I plowed and planted some 23 acres for about a decade before I added a HD 4020 for greater crop clearance for row crop cultivation and spraying. Its gas and uses moe fuel per year than the 135, but I was able to plant with the 135 and went notill so I didn't stir the dirt nearly so much.

Gerald J.

My wife bought an old Blue Ford. Its supposed to arrive in a couple weeks. She said she'll keep it in her garage. I like my wife's taste in old Fords don't you?

shameless (ne) wrote: smart woman! and you better gits the seizure thing checked out!

been checked for the seizures, take some pills and for the most part got em under control.  just the odd one here and there.  The ford in question is a 861 diesel. The wife is pretty understanding my farm projects, she used to get mad when I'd go up to a friends she hated when we went to the equipment shed, I'd always drag something home. 


Edited by dt1050 - 16 Mar 2017 at 11:25am

Fred in Pa wrote: littlemarv wrote: It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.... REALLY . Why would you have to ask at ALL !!!!!. A guy had his wife along one day when he stopped by MY Shop to get repair work done ,he ask what's in the other building over there .So I showed him, he said my wife has to see this. He went out and ask her in to the Showroom. She looked around and then said are u married ,I said yes , she said if I was married to her she would kill me for having this much stuff.    I smiled and said with a attitude like that you would not be married to me. WE talked a little and she went back out to the car. After she went out to car ,he started to laugh and said ,I am glad u said that and not me .

Allis dave wrote: Unit3 wrote: A former senator from the great state of Iowa once told me he got into it with a lady senator on the floor at the state house. She got so mad she told him," If you were my husband, I'd poison your corn flakes". He said," If you were my wife, I'd eat them".  That's funny

Unit3 wrote: But back to the Ford's, when the guys shoehorn in a flat head V8 into a 8N, I think that is pretty cool. I would love to see a Lincoln V12 in one.

Only one problem they have a rear end built to handle a 12 HP Kohler

Knew a guy that put a 289 in a 8N. Nice sounding

Fred in Pa wrote: There are a lot of good Fords out there .

I read somewhere that 25% of all Ford tractors ever built are still in the fields today...the other 25% made it back to the shed.

Mrgoodwrench wrote: Fred in Pa wrote: There are a lot of good Fords out there . I read somewhere that 25% of all Ford tractors ever built are still in the fields today...the other 25% made it back to the shed.