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What a pretty little girl! Oops. :offtopic::signs14: Nice tractor, looks like fun.:s1:

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Wow, Nice 8N!! And beautiful lil girl. :cooler:

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Awesome pic. Thanks !
Your daughter looks like a little princess. So adorable.
I hope to find a good deal on a tractor soon,
every time I get close to getting one some other
expense pops up and keeps delaying me !!!

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Nice paint job on the old gal.....they restore the entire machine ?

Roll bar is clearly an addition, and looks beefy, but too short to be effective.

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Looks nice. Mine's a 52 as well. If it's a two bottom plow you'll have to put water in the tires or they'll spin. If that fuel line is rubber as it appears in the picture I'd get a steel one on it for safety, too close to the exaust manifold. Milo is the easiest food plot to plant. Plant early if you have a short season.
The girl is gonna have fun driving it. That's what I learned to drive on at about the same age.

http://www.ford8n.com/f8shop/
http://just8ns.com/
http://home.att.net/~jmsmith45/rep.htm

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If you plant sweet corn for yourself, count on more than enough, because you won't get much if you invite all the neighbors (deer/turkey) for lunch! Ask me how I know this.

Good find on the tractor. I had a Ford 640 (1955) up until about a year and a half ago. Sold it for a newer model diesel 4x4 w/bucket loader. I've about 8-9 acres tillable that I cash rent to a local farmer.

I did invite the local to lunch when I first moved here, but they were so destructive, I now have to take measures to protect personal property. I let the farmer count his losses on his crops. The wildlife still comes, but there is so many homes around, hunting has to be done with precision. That in mind, I hunt on private property that is not surrounded with homes and non-hunters.

Developers spoiled the area where I live, with so many people wanting a place in the country they try to make it like they had it in town. I see the same progress (ruin) about everywhere I go.

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Thanks for the kind words about my daughter and tractor. For around here its a pretty good deal. No leaks, hydraulics work good, good rubber and it seems to run like a sewing machine. It has been converted to 12 volt. The idle seems to wander a bit but not under any kind of a load. I got it with a dearborn 2 bottom 14 inch plow for 2K. I am the 3rd owner. I haven't checked the compression, hopefully all 4 still over 100. Andy is right that ROPs is a tad short to do much, plus no seatbelt on that flip up seat. I intend to stay off the hills.


Are there any disadvantages to fluid in the tires other than rim rust should the tube leak? Wonder where I could get the CACL solution put in, do places that sell tractor tires still do that?

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Hoarder, good eye on that rubber gas line. I have already looked into buying a pre bent metal line. Not sure how I'd bend one myself--but Its too close to that manifold for my taste as well.

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QWAK,I have an old 9N I hauled down here from Chicago --- it needs lots of work and a TIRE (I blew it UP accidentaly :36_1_25::s10: at 30 PSI they EXPLODE:yes::s10::36_1_25: -- no body told me the tires are suposed to be LOW pressure :452::banghead:) It is 6 volt positive ground and has a front end loader but only power UP and gravity down.

It has been a LAWN ONIMENT/EYE SORE for 25+ years :36_1_25: I rebuilt the engin and replaced pistons rings and sleaves back in 79 or 80 but it has not run since 83.

I am debating just selling it and buying a more modern small tractor and a bush hog OR geting it restored and up graded to 12 volt negitive ground and just buying a bush hog for the old 9N.

It would be kind of cool having a tractor that works and is as old as I AM :yes::23_30_104: but I am inclined to think it would likly be more pratical to get a newer tractor with more modern capabilities.

I have $1500.00 (back when I bought it and rebuilt the engin) in it and was only offered $800.00 for it a fiew years back and turned the offer down.

It is one of my "ROUND to IT" projects :wink::4_1_72:

the DUCK :15_1_70v:

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Duck, I'd advise getting it running before you sell it, if possible. Non-runners don't bring much around here, especially on the 9ns. The 9s have a front mounted distributor and 3 forward gears instead of 4. They seem to go a bit cheaper than 8s, especially when not running. You might watch craigs list for a used tire. Fixing it up enough to sell should make you a little money.

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Whatever you do, don't replace it with copper. The vibration will crack it and with gravity flow....burn, baby burn. Check those links for a replacement. Maybe you can find a mechanic that has the flare tool and bender and he could make one out of brake line.

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We need to resurect that old tractor thread.......

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Shoulda bought a quad.

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