you guys strike me as real nice people so i am happy when you get something because i know it will be respected. your channel does a lot to further the cause of a nice hobby. if i might, let me caution you on the clutch adjustment on that ford. be careful not to allow the bellcrank to over extend when you have the actuator rod disconnected for any reason. it is, regrettably possible for the throw-out bearing to slip off the fork. best wishes
I have operated a 1948 8N Ford for over 55 years. Plowing, disking, harrowing, planting and plowing snow and mowing grass, as well as dragging a tree to the back 40 when the wind knocks them down. So, and I can compare it to the Fordson Super Dexta, The "Dexter", as I've heard the farmer's called them, is probably twice as strong. It weighs probably 1,000 Lbs more has far larger tires and will spin both in good solid dirt pulling something a wee bit too large. I have had the luxury of running a lot of the same equipment on the Super Dexta as the 8N and so I really know it's twice the tractor. Don't let the 3 cylinder Perkins give you the idea that it's a toy, at 44 horse power, it's not. And, as the Ford Dealer near me said, "you can't pour 10 gallons of fuel through it in a full day working it," it's thrifty. I believe mine is a 1963 and was built in England. It probably got here by way of Canada. Living near Detroit, it's about 40 miles away from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. And when it was my Dad's he lived even closer to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. So we always figured it was imported to Canada and somehow wound up in Michigan. My Dad flooded it with starting fluid by spraying it in the air filter several times trying to start it on a weak battery. When he finally got a good battery, as the story goes, it was so flooded with starting fluid that it revved up too high and broke all 3 pistons. I got the call to see what was wrong, and it had no compression to speak of while cranking. I pull started it and it ran, but it would not start on the starter. We tore it down and found all 3 pistons had broken ring lands. Dad sourced the parts in Canada and we put it back together where it ran for another 2 decades. Then my Son got it and he and I did the same thing to it about 10 years ago. We have no real "need" of it, so it's not been a priority. It will run if I pull start it, but I want to fix it up again. I had found a place in England who had everything for it when we broke it again, but that was in about 2012. The name was Agriline Products, www.agrilineproducts.com. They even had emblems and such. You might want to give them a try. I go by moparbens and I have an email address at Yahoo.com, so if you'd care to contact me put my name in front of the @ sign and Yahoo. com good luck to you, ben/ michigan
Checked out their website, they still have everything you were talking about. Unfortunately no front badge. I got a feeling it's going to extremely tough to find. But I'm up for a task!
A nice little tractor. They are very handy around the farm.
Yea, it's got all the bells and whistles.
That’s a nice tractor.
It sure is! Thanks for watching
you guys strike me as real nice people so i am happy when you get something because i know it will be respected. your channel does a lot to further the cause of a nice hobby. if i might, let me caution you on the clutch adjustment on that ford. be careful not to allow the bellcrank to over extend when you have the actuator rod disconnected for any reason. it is, regrettably possible for the throw-out bearing to slip off the fork. best wishes
Thanks for the advice, always hoping to gather as much information from my grandpa to eventually one day inspire the next generation.
I have operated a 1948 8N Ford for over 55 years. Plowing, disking, harrowing, planting and plowing snow and mowing grass, as well as dragging a tree to the back 40 when the wind knocks them down. So, and I can compare it to the Fordson Super Dexta, The "Dexter", as I've heard the farmer's called them, is probably twice as strong. It weighs probably 1,000 Lbs more has far larger tires and will spin both in good solid dirt pulling something a wee bit too large. I have had the luxury of running a lot of the same equipment on the Super Dexta as the 8N and so I really know it's twice the tractor. Don't let the 3 cylinder Perkins give you the idea that it's a toy, at 44 horse power, it's not. And, as the Ford Dealer near me said, "you can't pour 10 gallons of fuel through it in a full day working it," it's thrifty. I believe mine is a 1963 and was built in England. It probably got here by way of Canada. Living near Detroit, it's about 40 miles away from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. And when it was my Dad's he lived even closer to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. So we always figured it was imported to Canada and somehow wound up in Michigan. My Dad flooded it with starting fluid by spraying it in the air filter several times trying to start it on a weak battery. When he finally got a good battery, as the story goes, it was so flooded with starting fluid that it revved up too high and broke all 3 pistons. I got the call to see what was wrong, and it had no compression to speak of while cranking. I pull started it and it ran, but it would not start on the starter. We tore it down and found all 3 pistons had broken ring lands. Dad sourced the parts in Canada and we put it back together where it ran for another 2 decades. Then my Son got it and he and I did the same thing to it about 10 years ago. We have no real "need" of it, so it's not been a priority. It will run if I pull start it, but I want to fix it up again. I had found a place in England who had everything for it when we broke it again, but that was in about 2012. The name was Agriline Products, www.agrilineproducts.com. They even had emblems and such. You might want to give them a try. I go by moparbens and I have an email address at Yahoo.com, so if you'd care to contact me put my name in front of the @ sign and Yahoo. com
good luck to you, ben/ michigan
Checked out their website, they still have everything you were talking about. Unfortunately no front badge. I got a feeling it's going to extremely tough to find. But I'm up for a task!
If it’s like Dextas in the UK, the gears are 1, 2 and 4 in low box, and 3, 5 and 6 in high box
Interesting that they swap the 3 and the 4 gears between high and low.
Ours is a slightly earlier one than yours, it’s a 63 blue/orange one, yours is the 64 onwards new performance grey wing version
Better than 35x