Hello Larry; After watching your 8N for a few videos, I would say that your gas tank has a bunch of rust and crud in the bottom of the tank. Usually if you take off the tank and get a bunch of gravel or a large amount of nuts & small bolts and really shake the tank around to dislodge the rust and crud, Then give the tank a good flush out with Dawn Dish Soap and hot water will help tremendously. If your tractor has the fuel shutoff valve and glass sediment bowl, I would say that the shutoff valve is completely full of crud only allowing enough fuel for the tractor to run when the fuel filter is not stopped up. A lot of the fuel shutoff valves with the Ford tractors included, When you unscrew the valve from out of the tank will actually have a reed looking screen made into the fuel valve/fuel shutoff that sticks up into the tank which extends up from the bottom of the tank. Sometimes that reed filter screen will totally collapse and restrict the flow of fuel. Also the reed filter is utilized to not allow the fuel from the very bottom of the tank to flow through the valve while letting the fresher fuel to flow. At least with the older Ford tractors like the N series tractors, TSC keeps a fair amount of stuff in stock. Hope this helps you out,Larry.
Thank you . I do think the same thing and plan to remove the tank. The tractor was sitting a long time. Whi knows what inside the tank but I do see a lont of junk coming out.
A tandem disk works better for smoothing and leveling, an offset disk is for heavy tillage. A spring tooth harrow tends to make clumps of weeds and grass.
It really seems a shame to simply leave the tools necessary to provide a living for any farmer out in the brush to rust and rot away over time. I could never understand that. I’ve been able to buy equipment - including a Badly rusted M-8 Tractor for very little ($) clean them up and put all equipment to work. Farmers should build a large barm in order to protect their equipment from the rains, the snow and whatever nature can inflict on expensive farming equipment.
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Hello Larry; After watching your 8N for a few videos, I would say that your gas tank has a bunch of rust and crud in the bottom of the tank.
Usually if you take off the tank and get a bunch of gravel or a large amount of nuts & small bolts and really shake the tank around to dislodge the rust and crud, Then give the tank a good flush out with Dawn Dish Soap and hot water will help tremendously.
If your tractor has the fuel shutoff valve and glass sediment bowl, I would say that the shutoff valve is completely full of crud only allowing enough fuel for the tractor to run when the fuel filter is not stopped up.
A lot of the fuel shutoff valves with the Ford tractors included, When you unscrew the valve from out of the tank will actually have a reed looking screen made into the fuel valve/fuel shutoff that sticks up into the tank which extends up from the bottom of the tank. Sometimes that reed filter screen will totally collapse and restrict the flow of fuel. Also the reed filter is utilized to not allow the fuel from the very bottom of the tank to flow through the valve while letting the fresher fuel to flow. At least with the older Ford tractors like the N series tractors, TSC keeps a fair amount of stuff in stock. Hope this helps you out,Larry.
Thank you . I do think the same thing and plan to remove the tank. The tractor was sitting a long time. Whi knows what inside the tank but I do see a lont of junk coming out.
A tandem disk works better for smoothing and leveling, an offset disk is for heavy tillage. A spring tooth harrow tends to make clumps of weeds and grass.
Your definitely right. I was using it though to see if anymore potatoes would pop up. It didn't
It really seems a shame to simply leave the tools necessary to provide a living for any farmer out in the brush to rust and rot away over time. I could never understand that. I’ve been able to buy equipment - including a Badly rusted M-8 Tractor for very little ($) clean them up and put all equipment to work. Farmers should build a large barm in order to protect their equipment from the rains, the snow and whatever nature can inflict on expensive farming equipment.
Why would you let your equipment sit in that overgrown mess